Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2068

Saturday 3 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 206 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 Friday 2 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 Saturday 3 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 17:17 on Fri 2 Nov to 15:52 on Sat 3 Nov.

    2068-11-02T09:17:26Z → 2068-11-03T07:51:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 2nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 12376 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2068: Saturday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2068 falls on Saturday 3 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:17 on Fri 2 Nov to 15:52 on Sat 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:17 → 00:5212:1248 min12:120 min2 Nov
Chicago04:17 → 02:5212:1048 min12:100 min2 Nov
Jersey City05:17 → 03:5212:1648 min12:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain05:17 → 03:5211:2648 min11:260 min2 Nov
London09:17 → 07:5211:2048 min11:200 min2 Nov
Durban11:17 → 09:5211:1646 min11:160 min2 Nov
Dubai13:17 → 11:5211:380 min11:3814 min3 Nov
Delhi14:47 → 13:2211:410 min11:4148 min3 Nov
Kolkata14:47 → 13:2210:560 min10:5648 min3 Nov
Singapore17:17 → 15:5212:240 min12:2448 min3 Nov
Sydney20:17 → 18:5212:150 min12:1548 min3 Nov
Suva21:17 → 19:5211:260 min11:2648 min3 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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