Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2054

Saturday 7 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 345 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 Saturday 7 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 Sunday 8 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 03:22 on Sat 7 Nov to 05:52 on Sun 8 Nov.

    2054-11-06T19:21:39Z → 2054-11-07T21:52:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 7th, 11:38–12:26 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 20724 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2054: Saturday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2054 falls on Saturday 7 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:22 on Sat 7 Nov to 05:52 on Sun 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2054/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:22 → 13:5211:1239 min11:1348 min7 Nov
Chicago13:22 → 15:5211:100 min11:1048 min7 Nov
Jersey City14:22 → 16:5211:160 min11:1648 min7 Nov
Port of Spain15:22 → 17:5211:260 min11:2648 min7 Nov
London19:22 → 21:5211:200 min11:2048 min7 Nov
Durban21:22 → 23:5211:160 min11:1648 min7 Nov
Dubai23:22 → 01:5211:380 min11:3848 min7 Nov
Delhi00:52 → 03:2211:410 min11:4148 min7 Nov
Kolkata00:52 → 03:2210:560 min10:5648 min7 Nov
Singapore03:22 → 05:5212:240 min12:2448 min7 Nov
Sydney06:22 → 08:5212:150 min12:1548 min7 Nov
Suva07:22 → 09:5211:260 min11:2648 min7 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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