Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2043

Tuesday 10 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 437 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 9 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

Midday of Tuesday 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 19:42 on Mon 9 Nov to 20:33 on Tue 10 Nov.

    2043-11-09T11:42:18Z → 2043-11-10T12:33:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 9th, 11:38–12:26 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 26195 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2043: Tuesday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2043 falls on Tuesday 10 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:42 on Mon 9 Nov to 20:33 on Tue 10 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:42 → 04:3311:1348 min11:130 min9 Nov
Chicago05:42 → 06:3311:1048 min11:100 min9 Nov
Jersey City06:42 → 07:3311:1648 min11:160 min9 Nov
Port of Spain07:42 → 08:3311:2648 min11:260 min9 Nov
London11:42 → 12:3311:2026 min11:2048 min10 Nov
Durban13:42 → 14:3311:160 min11:1648 min10 Nov
Dubai15:42 → 16:3311:380 min11:3948 min10 Nov
Delhi17:12 → 18:0311:410 min11:4148 min10 Nov
Kolkata17:12 → 18:0310:560 min10:5648 min10 Nov
Singapore19:42 → 20:3312:240 min12:2448 min10 Nov
Sydney22:42 → 23:3312:150 min12:1548 min10 Nov
Suva23:42 → 00:3311:260 min11:2648 min10 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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