Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2078

Sunday 13 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 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 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 Sunday 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 15:01 on Sat 12 Nov to 14:59 on Sun 13 Nov.

    2078-11-12T07:01:29Z → 2078-11-13T06:58:45Z

  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 9143 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2078: Sunday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2078 falls on Sunday 13 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:01 on Sat 12 Nov to 14:59 on Sun 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 Angeles23:01 → 22:5911:1348 min11:130 min12 Nov
Chicago01:01 → 00:5911:1148 min11:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City02:01 → 01:5911:1648 min11:170 min12 Nov
Port of Spain03:01 → 02:5911:2648 min11:270 min12 Nov
London07:01 → 06:5911:2148 min11:210 min12 Nov
Durban09:01 → 08:5911:1648 min11:170 min12 Nov
Dubai11:01 → 10:5911:3948 min11:390 min12 Nov
Delhi12:31 → 12:2911:410 min11:4147 min13 Nov
Kolkata12:31 → 12:2910:570 min10:5748 min13 Nov
Singapore15:01 → 14:5912:250 min12:2548 min13 Nov
Sydney18:01 → 17:5912:160 min12:1648 min13 Nov
Suva19:01 → 18:5911:270 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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