Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2061

Sunday 20 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 424 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Sunday 20 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 21 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 03:38 on Sun 20 Nov to 04:36 on Mon 21 Nov.

    2061-11-19T19:37:44Z → 2061-11-20T20:35:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 20th, 11:40–12:28 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 25445 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2061: Sunday 20 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2061 falls on Sunday 20 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:38 on Sun 20 Nov to 04:36 on Mon 21 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:38 → 12:3611:1425 min11:1548 min20 Nov
Chicago13:38 → 14:3611:120 min11:1248 min20 Nov
Jersey City14:38 → 15:3611:180 min11:1848 min20 Nov
Port of Spain15:38 → 16:3611:280 min11:2848 min20 Nov
London19:38 → 20:3611:220 min11:2248 min20 Nov
Durban21:38 → 22:3611:180 min11:1848 min20 Nov
Dubai23:38 → 00:3611:400 min11:4048 min20 Nov
Delhi01:08 → 02:0611:420 min11:4348 min20 Nov
Kolkata01:08 → 02:0610:580 min10:5848 min20 Nov
Singapore03:38 → 04:3612:260 min12:2648 min20 Nov
Sydney06:38 → 07:3612:170 min12:1748 min20 Nov
Suva07:38 → 08:3611:280 min11:2848 min20 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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