Midday of Wednesday 2 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:37 12:25 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:25:57
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2011
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 28 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 2 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 3 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:26 on Wed 2 Nov to 13:01 on Thu 3 Nov.
2011-11-02T04:25:57Z → 2011-11-03T05:01:11Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 2nd, 11:37–12:25 on the 3rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 28 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2011: Thursday 3 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2011 falls on Thursday 3 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:26 on Wed 2 Nov to 13:01 on Thu 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 28 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/gopashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:26 → 22:01 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:26 → 00:01 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:26 → 01:01 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 00:26 → 01:01 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| London | 04:26 → 05:01 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Durban | 06:26 → 07:01 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Dubai | 08:26 → 09:01 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Delhi | 09:56 → 10:31 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Kolkata | 09:56 → 10:31 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Singapore | 12:26 → 13:01 | 12:24 | 46 min | 12:24 | 37 min | 2 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:26 → 16:01 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 3 Nov |
| Suva | 17:26 → 18:01 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 3 Nov |