Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2003

Saturday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 641 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 1 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 Sunday 2 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 00:56 on Sat 1 Nov to 00:03 on Sun 2 Nov.

    2003-10-31T16:56:21Z → 2003-11-01T16:02:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 1st, 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 38471 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2003: Saturday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2003 falls on Saturday 1 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:56 on Sat 1 Nov to 00:03 on Sun 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:56 → 08:0311:1248 min11:120 min31 Oct
Chicago10:56 → 10:0311:1048 min11:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City11:56 → 11:0311:167 min11:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain12:56 → 12:0311:260 min11:2637 min1 Nov
London16:56 → 16:0311:200 min11:2048 min1 Nov
Durban18:56 → 18:0311:160 min11:1648 min1 Nov
Dubai20:56 → 20:0311:380 min11:3848 min1 Nov
Delhi22:26 → 21:3311:410 min11:4148 min1 Nov
Kolkata22:26 → 21:3310:560 min10:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore00:56 → 00:0312:240 min12:2448 min1 Nov
Sydney03:56 → 03:0312:150 min12:1548 min1 Nov
Suva04:56 → 04:0311:260 min11:2648 min1 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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