Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2005

Wednesday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 508 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 Tuesday 8 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

Midday of Wednesday 9 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 23:00 on Tue 8 Nov to 20:54 on Wed 9 Nov.

    2005-11-08T15:00:19Z → 2005-11-09T12:53:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 30472 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2005: Wednesday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2005 falls on Wednesday 9 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:00 on Tue 8 Nov to 20:54 on Wed 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:00 → 04:5411:1348 min11:130 min8 Nov
Chicago09:00 → 06:5411:1048 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City10:00 → 07:5411:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain11:00 → 08:5411:2648 min11:260 min8 Nov
London15:00 → 12:5411:200 min11:2048 min9 Nov
Durban17:00 → 14:5411:160 min11:1648 min9 Nov
Dubai19:00 → 16:5411:380 min11:3848 min9 Nov
Delhi20:30 → 18:2411:410 min11:4148 min9 Nov
Kolkata20:30 → 18:2410:560 min10:5648 min9 Nov
Singapore23:00 → 20:5412:240 min12:2448 min9 Nov
Sydney02:00 → 23:5412:150 min12:1548 min9 Nov
Suva03:00 → 00:5411:260 min11:2648 min9 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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