Midday of Thursday 16 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2045
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 Thursday 16 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 17 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:06 on Thu 16 Nov to 12:47 on Fri 17 Nov.
2045-11-16T02:05:48Z → 2045-11-17T04:47:07Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 16th, 11:39–12:27 on the 17th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.
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 1211 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2045: Thursday 16 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2045 falls on Thursday 16 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:06 on Thu 16 Nov to 12:47 on Fri 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 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 16 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 16 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 16 Nov |
| 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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:06 → 20:47 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:06 → 22:47 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:06 → 23:47 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:06 → 00:47 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| London | 02:06 → 04:47 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Durban | 04:06 → 06:47 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:06 → 08:47 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Delhi | 07:36 → 10:17 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Kolkata | 07:36 → 10:17 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:06 → 12:47 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:26 | 22 min | 16 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:06 → 15:47 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 14:06 → 16:47 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 17 Nov |