Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2096

Friday 23 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 643 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Thursday 22 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 23 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 23:12 on Thu 22 Nov to 23:16 on Fri 23 Nov.

    2096-11-22T15:11:52Z → 2096-11-23T15:16:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 22nd, 11:41–12:29 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 38600 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2096: Friday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2096 falls on Friday 23 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:12 on Thu 22 Nov to 23:16 on Fri 23 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:12 → 07:1611:1648 min11:160 min22 Nov
Chicago09:12 → 09:1611:1348 min11:130 min22 Nov
Jersey City10:12 → 10:1611:1948 min11:190 min22 Nov
Port of Spain11:12 → 11:1611:2948 min11:290 min22 Nov
London15:12 → 15:1611:230 min11:2348 min23 Nov
Durban17:12 → 17:1611:190 min11:1948 min23 Nov
Dubai19:12 → 19:1611:410 min11:4248 min23 Nov
Delhi20:42 → 20:4611:440 min11:4448 min23 Nov
Kolkata20:42 → 20:4610:590 min10:5948 min23 Nov
Singapore23:12 → 23:1612:270 min12:2748 min23 Nov
Sydney02:12 → 02:1612:180 min12:1848 min23 Nov
Suva03:12 → 03:1611:290 min11:2948 min23 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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