Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1994

Thursday 10 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 547 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 10 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 11 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 02:30 on Thu 10 Nov to 02:09 on Fri 11 Nov.

    1994-11-09T18:30:21Z → 1994-11-10T18:08:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 10th, 11:38–12:26 on the 11th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 32848 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1994: Thursday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 1994 falls on Thursday 10 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:30 on Thu 10 Nov to 02:09 on Fri 11 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1994/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/gopashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:30 → 10:0911:1348 min11:130 min9 Nov
Chicago12:30 → 12:0911:100 min11:1048 min10 Nov
Jersey City13:30 → 13:0911:160 min11:1648 min10 Nov
Port of Spain14:30 → 14:0911:260 min11:2648 min10 Nov
London18:30 → 18:0911:200 min11:2048 min10 Nov
Durban20:30 → 20:0911:160 min11:1648 min10 Nov
Dubai22:30 → 22:0911:380 min11:3948 min10 Nov
Delhi00:00 → 23:3911:410 min11:4148 min10 Nov
Kolkata00:00 → 23:3910:560 min10:5648 min10 Nov
Singapore02:30 → 02:0912:240 min12:2448 min10 Nov
Sydney05:30 → 05:0912:150 min12:1548 min10 Nov
Suva06:30 → 06:0911:260 min11:2648 min10 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gopashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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