Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2036

Monday 27 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 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 Sunday 26 October

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

Midday of Monday 27 October

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 20:00 on Sun 26 Oct to 22:32 on Mon 27 Oct.

    2036-10-26T11:59:46Z → 2036-10-27T14:31:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 26th, 11:38–12:26 on the 27th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 27235 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2036: Monday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2036 falls on Monday 27 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:00 on Sun 26 Oct to 22:32 on Mon 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 27 Oct
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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:00 → 07:3212:1348 min12:130 min26 Oct
Chicago07:00 → 09:3212:1048 min12:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City08:00 → 10:3212:1648 min12:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain08:00 → 10:3211:2648 min11:260 min26 Oct
London12:00 → 14:3211:208 min11:2048 min27 Oct
Durban14:00 → 16:3211:160 min11:1648 min27 Oct
Dubai16:00 → 18:3211:390 min11:3848 min27 Oct
Delhi17:30 → 20:0211:410 min11:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata17:30 → 20:0210:560 min10:5648 min27 Oct
Singapore20:00 → 22:3212:250 min12:2448 min27 Oct
Sydney23:00 → 01:3212:150 min12:1548 min27 Oct
Suva00:00 → 02:3211:260 min11:2648 min27 Oct
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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