Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2032

Wednesday 10 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 185 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 10 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

Midday of Thursday 11 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 08:32 on Wed 10 Nov to 06:31 on Thu 11 Nov.

    2032-11-10T00:32:29Z → 2032-11-10T22:30:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 10th, 11:38–12:26 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 11122 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2032: Wednesday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2032 falls on Wednesday 10 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:32 on Wed 10 Nov to 06:31 on Thu 11 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 10 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:32 → 14:3111:1348 min11:130 min10 Nov
Chicago18:32 → 16:3111:1048 min11:100 min10 Nov
Jersey City19:32 → 17:3111:1648 min11:160 min10 Nov
Port of Spain20:32 → 18:3111:2648 min11:260 min10 Nov
London00:32 → 22:3111:2048 min11:200 min10 Nov
Durban02:32 → 00:3111:1648 min11:160 min10 Nov
Dubai04:32 → 02:3111:3948 min11:390 min10 Nov
Delhi06:02 → 04:0111:4148 min11:410 min10 Nov
Kolkata06:02 → 04:0110:5648 min10:560 min10 Nov
Singapore08:32 → 06:3112:2548 min12:250 min10 Nov
Sydney11:32 → 09:3112:1548 min12:150 min10 Nov
Suva12:32 → 10:3111:260 min11:260 min11 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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