Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2019

Monday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 250 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 Monday 4 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 5 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

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 05:26 on Mon 4 Nov to 07:27 on Tue 5 Nov.

    2019-11-03T21:26:19Z → 2019-11-04T23:27:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 4th, 11:37–12:25 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 15008 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2019: Monday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2019 falls on Monday 4 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:26 on Mon 4 Nov to 07:27 on Tue 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:26 → 15:2711:120 min11:1248 min4 Nov
Chicago15:26 → 17:2711:100 min11:1048 min4 Nov
Jersey City16:26 → 18:2711:160 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Port of Spain17:26 → 19:2711:260 min11:2648 min4 Nov
London21:26 → 23:2711:200 min11:2048 min4 Nov
Durban23:26 → 01:2711:160 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Dubai01:26 → 03:2711:380 min11:3848 min4 Nov
Delhi02:56 → 04:5711:400 min11:4048 min4 Nov
Kolkata02:56 → 04:5710:560 min10:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore05:26 → 07:2712:240 min12:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney08:26 → 10:2712:150 min12:1548 min4 Nov
Suva09:26 → 11:2711:260 min11:2648 min4 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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