Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2077

Tuesday 23 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 561 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 23 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 02:20 on Tue 23 Nov to 00:38 on Wed 24 Nov.

    2077-11-22T18:20:05Z → 2077-11-23T16:38:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 23rd, 11:41–12:29 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 33631 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2077: Tuesday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2077 falls on Tuesday 23 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:20 on Tue 23 Nov to 00:38 on Wed 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2077/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:20 → 08:3811:1548 min11:160 min22 Nov
Chicago12:20 → 10:3811:130 min11:130 min23 Nov
Jersey City13:20 → 11:3811:190 min11:1919 min23 Nov
Port of Spain14:20 → 12:3811:280 min11:2948 min23 Nov
London18:20 → 16:3811:230 min11:2348 min23 Nov
Durban20:20 → 18:3811:180 min11:1948 min23 Nov
Dubai22:20 → 20:3811:410 min11:4148 min23 Nov
Delhi23:50 → 22:0811:430 min11:4448 min23 Nov
Kolkata23:50 → 22:0810:590 min10:5948 min23 Nov
Singapore02:20 → 00:3812:270 min12:2748 min23 Nov
Sydney05:20 → 03:3812:180 min12:1848 min23 Nov
Suva06:20 → 04:3811:290 min11:2948 min23 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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