Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2059

Thursday 13 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 203 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 Wednesday 12 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 Thursday 13 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 17:36 on Wed 12 Nov to 15:50 on Thu 13 Nov.

    2059-11-12T09:35:34Z → 2059-11-13T07:49:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 12th, 11:38–12:26 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 12198 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2059: Thursday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2059 falls on Thursday 13 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:36 on Wed 12 Nov to 15:50 on Thu 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2059/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:36 → 23:5011:1348 min11:130 min12 Nov
Chicago03:36 → 01:5011:1148 min11:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City04:36 → 02:5011:1648 min11:160 min12 Nov
Port of Spain05:36 → 03:5011:2648 min11:260 min12 Nov
London09:36 → 07:5011:2048 min11:210 min12 Nov
Durban11:36 → 09:5011:1629 min11:160 min12 Nov
Dubai13:36 → 11:5011:390 min11:3911 min13 Nov
Delhi15:06 → 13:2011:410 min11:4148 min13 Nov
Kolkata15:06 → 13:2010:570 min10:5748 min13 Nov
Singapore17:36 → 15:5012:250 min12:2548 min13 Nov
Sydney20:36 → 18:5012:160 min12:1648 min13 Nov
Suva21:36 → 19:5011:270 min11:2748 min13 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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