Midday of Wednesday 29 October
Qualifies with 32 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:53:40
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
32 of 48 minutes covered, the last 32
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2025
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 29 October
Qualifies with 32 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
32 of 48 minutes covered, the last 32
Midday of Thursday 30 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:54 on Wed 29 Oct to 12:37 on Thu 30 Oct.
2025-10-29T03:53:41Z → 2025-10-30T04:37:02Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 29th, 11:38–12:26 on the 30th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 32 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 688 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2025: Thursday 30 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2025 falls on Thursday 30 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:54 on Wed 29 Oct to 12:37 on Thu 30 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 32 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 30 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 30 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 30 Oct |
| 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 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:54 → 21:37 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:54 → 23:37 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:54 → 00:37 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:54 → 00:37 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 03:54 → 04:37 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 05:54 → 06:37 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:54 → 08:37 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:24 → 10:07 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:24 → 10:07 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:54 → 12:37 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 13 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:54 → 15:37 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 15:54 → 16:37 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 30 Oct |