Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2053

Tuesday 18 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 68 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 Tuesday 18 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 19 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

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 08:15 on Tue 18 Nov to 10:32 on Wed 19 Nov.

    2053-11-18T00:14:52Z → 2053-11-19T02:31:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 18th, 11:39–12:27 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 4067 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2053: Tuesday 18 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2053 falls on Tuesday 18 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:15 on Tue 18 Nov to 10:32 on Wed 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:15 → 18:3211:1448 min11:140 min18 Nov
Chicago18:15 → 20:3211:1248 min11:120 min18 Nov
Jersey City19:15 → 21:3211:1748 min11:180 min18 Nov
Port of Spain20:15 → 22:3211:2748 min11:280 min18 Nov
London00:15 → 02:3211:2248 min11:220 min18 Nov
Durban02:15 → 04:3211:1748 min11:180 min18 Nov
Dubai04:15 → 06:3211:4048 min11:400 min18 Nov
Delhi05:45 → 08:0211:4248 min11:420 min18 Nov
Kolkata05:45 → 08:0210:5848 min10:580 min18 Nov
Singapore08:15 → 10:3212:2648 min12:260 min18 Nov
Sydney11:15 → 13:3212:1748 min12:1748 min18 Nov
Suva12:15 → 14:3211:281 min11:2848 min19 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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