Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1949

Friday 28 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 252 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 Friday 28 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 29 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

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 06:57 on Fri 28 Oct to 07:23 on Sat 29 Oct.

    1949-10-28T04:57:05Z → 1949-10-29T05:23:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 28th, 11:35–12:23 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 15103 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1949: Friday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 1949 falls on Friday 28 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:57 on Fri 28 Oct to 07:23 on Sat 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1949/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 Oct
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:57 → 21:2311:1348 min11:130 min28 Oct
Chicago22:57 → 23:2311:1048 min11:100 min28 Oct
Jersey City23:57 → 00:2311:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Port of Spain00:57 → 01:2311:2648 min11:260 min28 Oct
London05:57 → 06:2312:2048 min12:200 min28 Oct
Durban06:57 → 07:2311:1648 min11:160 min28 Oct
Dubai08:57 → 09:2311:3848 min11:380 min28 Oct
Delhi10:27 → 10:5311:4148 min11:410 min28 Oct
Kolkata10:27 → 10:5310:5648 min10:560 min28 Oct
Singapore12:27 → 12:5311:5415 min11:5448 min29 Oct
Sydney14:57 → 15:2311:150 min11:1548 min29 Oct
Suva16:57 → 17:2311:260 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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