Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2081

Saturday 8 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 290 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 8 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

Midday of Sunday 9 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

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 04:44 on Sat 8 Nov to 06:48 on Sun 9 Nov.

    2081-11-07T20:44:09Z → 2081-11-08T22:48:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:38–12:26 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 17380 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2081: Saturday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2081 falls on Saturday 8 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:44 on Sat 8 Nov to 06:48 on Sun 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2081/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:44 → 14:4811:130 min11:1348 min8 Nov
Chicago14:44 → 16:4811:100 min11:1048 min8 Nov
Jersey City15:44 → 17:4811:160 min11:1648 min8 Nov
Port of Spain16:44 → 18:4811:260 min11:2648 min8 Nov
London20:44 → 22:4811:200 min11:2048 min8 Nov
Durban22:44 → 00:4811:160 min11:1648 min8 Nov
Dubai00:44 → 02:4811:390 min11:3948 min8 Nov
Delhi02:14 → 04:1811:410 min11:4148 min8 Nov
Kolkata02:14 → 04:1810:560 min10:5648 min8 Nov
Singapore04:44 → 06:4812:240 min12:2548 min8 Nov
Sydney07:44 → 09:4812:150 min12:1548 min8 Nov
Suva08:44 → 10:4811:260 min11:2648 min8 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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