Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2057

Sunday 4 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 190 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 3 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 Sunday 4 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 17:20 on Sat 3 Nov to 15:35 on Sun 4 Nov.

    2057-11-03T09:19:34Z → 2057-11-04T07:35:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 11377 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2057: Sunday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2057 falls on Sunday 4 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:20 on Sat 3 Nov to 15:35 on Sun 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2057/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:20 → 00:3512:1248 min11:120 min3 Nov
Chicago04:20 → 01:3512:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City05:20 → 02:3512:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain05:20 → 03:3511:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London09:20 → 07:3511:2048 min11:200 min3 Nov
Durban11:20 → 09:3511:1644 min11:160 min3 Nov
Dubai13:20 → 11:3511:380 min11:380 min4 Nov
Delhi14:50 → 13:0511:410 min11:4148 min4 Nov
Kolkata14:50 → 13:0510:560 min10:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore17:20 → 15:3512:240 min12:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney20:20 → 18:3512:150 min12:1548 min4 Nov
Suva21:20 → 19:3511:260 min11:2648 min4 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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