Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2088

Sunday 21 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 228 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 21 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 06:17 on Sun 21 Nov to 07:52 on Mon 22 Nov.

    2088-11-20T22:17:29Z → 2088-11-21T23:52:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 21st, 11:40–12:28 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 13703 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2088: Sunday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2088 falls on Sunday 21 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:17 on Sun 21 Nov to 07:52 on Mon 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2088/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:17 → 15:5211:150 min11:1548 min21 Nov
Chicago16:17 → 17:5211:130 min11:1348 min21 Nov
Jersey City17:17 → 18:5211:180 min11:1948 min21 Nov
Port of Spain18:17 → 19:5211:280 min11:2848 min21 Nov
London22:17 → 23:5211:220 min11:2348 min21 Nov
Durban00:17 → 01:5211:180 min11:1848 min21 Nov
Dubai02:17 → 03:5211:410 min11:4148 min21 Nov
Delhi03:47 → 05:2211:430 min11:4348 min21 Nov
Kolkata03:47 → 05:2210:580 min10:5948 min21 Nov
Singapore06:17 → 07:5212:270 min12:2748 min21 Nov
Sydney09:17 → 10:5212:170 min12:1848 min21 Nov
Suva10:17 → 11:5211:280 min11:2948 min21 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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