Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1901

Tuesday 19 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 584 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 18 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 19 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

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 22:11 on Mon 18 Nov to 21:53 on Tue 19 Nov.

    1901-11-18T20:27:02Z → 1901-11-19T20:08:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 18th, 11:21–12:09 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 35041 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1901: Tuesday 19 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 1901 falls on Tuesday 19 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:11 on Mon 18 Nov to 21:53 on Tue 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1901/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:27 → 12:0911:140 min11:1448 min19 Nov
Chicago14:27 → 14:0911:120 min11:1248 min19 Nov
Jersey City15:27 → 15:0911:170 min11:1848 min19 Nov
Port of Spain16:27 → 16:0911:270 min11:2748 min19 Nov
London20:27 → 20:0911:210 min11:2248 min19 Nov
Durban21:57 → 21:3910:470 min10:4748 min19 Nov
Dubai00:08 → 23:5011:210 min11:2148 min19 Nov
Delhi01:48 → 01:3011:330 min11:3348 min19 Nov
Kolkata01:48 → 01:3010:490 min10:4948 min19 Nov
Singapore03:22 → 03:0411:210 min11:2148 min19 Nov
Sydney06:27 → 06:0911:160 min11:1748 min19 Nov
Suva08:22 → 08:0411:220 min11:2348 min19 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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