Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2056

Tuesday 14 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 595 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 14 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 Wednesday 15 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 01:43 on Tue 14 Nov to 01:34 on Wed 15 Nov.

    2056-11-13T17:43:17Z → 2056-11-14T17:34:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 14th, 11:39–12:27 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 35711 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2056: Tuesday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2056 falls on Tuesday 14 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:43 on Tue 14 Nov to 01:34 on Wed 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:43 → 09:3411:1348 min11:130 min13 Nov
Chicago11:43 → 11:3411:1116 min11:1123 min14 Nov
Jersey City12:43 → 12:3411:170 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Port of Spain13:43 → 13:3411:260 min11:2748 min14 Nov
London17:43 → 17:3411:210 min11:2148 min14 Nov
Durban19:43 → 19:3411:160 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Dubai21:43 → 21:3411:390 min11:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi23:13 → 23:0411:410 min11:4148 min14 Nov
Kolkata23:13 → 23:0410:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore01:43 → 01:3412:250 min12:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney04:43 → 04:3412:160 min12:1648 min14 Nov
Suva05:43 → 05:3411:270 min11:2748 min14 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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