Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2022

Tuesday 1 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 476 minutes.

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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 1 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 Wednesday 2 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 03:42 on Tue 1 Nov to 01:35 on Wed 2 Nov.

    2022-10-31T19:41:59Z → 2022-11-01T17:34:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 1st, 11:37–12:25 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 28531 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2022: Tuesday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2022 falls on Tuesday 1 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:42 on Tue 1 Nov to 01:35 on Wed 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles12:42 → 10:3512:1218 min12:120 min31 Oct
Chicago14:42 → 12:3512:100 min12:1025 min1 Nov
Jersey City15:42 → 13:3512:160 min12:1648 min1 Nov
Port of Spain15:42 → 13:3511:260 min11:2648 min1 Nov
London19:42 → 17:3511:200 min11:2048 min1 Nov
Durban21:42 → 19:3511:160 min11:1648 min1 Nov
Dubai23:42 → 21:3511:380 min11:3848 min1 Nov
Delhi01:12 → 23:0511:410 min11:4048 min1 Nov
Kolkata01:12 → 23:0510:560 min10:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore03:42 → 01:3512:240 min12:2448 min1 Nov
Sydney06:42 → 04:3512:150 min12:1548 min1 Nov
Suva07:42 → 05:3511:260 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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