Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2084

Sunday 5 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 543 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 Sunday 5 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 Monday 6 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 02:34 on Sun 5 Nov to 00:38 on Mon 6 Nov.

    2084-11-04T18:34:16Z → 2084-11-05T16:37:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 5th, 11:38–12:26 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 32609 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2084: Sunday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2084 falls on Sunday 5 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:34 on Sun 5 Nov to 00:38 on Mon 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2084/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:34 → 08:3812:1348 min11:130 min4 Nov
Chicago13:34 → 10:3812:100 min11:100 min5 Nov
Jersey City14:34 → 11:3812:160 min11:1622 min5 Nov
Port of Spain14:34 → 12:3811:260 min11:2648 min5 Nov
London18:34 → 16:3811:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban20:34 → 18:3811:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai22:34 → 20:3811:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi00:04 → 22:0811:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata00:04 → 22:0810:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore02:34 → 00:3812:240 min12:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney05:34 → 03:3812:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva06:34 → 04:3811:260 min11:2648 min5 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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