Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2082

Wednesday 28 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 193 minutes.

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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 Wednesday 28 October

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 Thursday 29 October

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 08:17 on Wed 28 Oct to 08:25 on Thu 29 Oct.

    2082-10-28T00:17:04Z → 2082-10-29T00:25:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 28th, 11:38–12:26 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 11559 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2082: Wednesday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2082 falls on Wednesday 28 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:17 on Wed 28 Oct to 08:25 on Thu 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2082/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 Oct
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:17 → 17:2512:1348 min12:130 min28 Oct
Chicago19:17 → 19:2512:1048 min12:100 min28 Oct
Jersey City20:17 → 20:2512:1648 min12:160 min28 Oct
Port of Spain20:17 → 20:2511:2648 min11:260 min28 Oct
London00:17 → 00:2511:2048 min11:200 min28 Oct
Durban02:17 → 02:2511:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Dubai04:17 → 04:2511:3948 min11:390 min28 Oct
Delhi05:47 → 05:5511:4148 min11:410 min28 Oct
Kolkata05:47 → 05:5510:5648 min10:560 min28 Oct
Singapore08:17 → 08:2512:2548 min12:250 min28 Oct
Sydney11:17 → 11:2512:1548 min12:150 min28 Oct
Suva12:17 → 12:2511:260 min11:2648 min29 Oct
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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