Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1983

Saturday 12 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 271 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 Saturday 12 November

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 Sunday 13 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

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 04:34 on Sat 12 Nov to 07:05 on Sun 13 Nov.

    1983-11-12T02:34:08Z → 1983-11-13T05:05:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 12th, 11:36–12:24 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 16230 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1983: Saturday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 1983 falls on Saturday 12 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:34 on Sat 12 Nov to 07:05 on Sun 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1983/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:34 → 21:0511:1348 min11:130 min12 Nov
Chicago20:34 → 23:0511:1148 min11:110 min12 Nov
Jersey City21:34 → 00:0511:1648 min11:160 min12 Nov
Port of Spain22:34 → 01:0511:2648 min11:260 min12 Nov
London02:34 → 05:0511:2048 min11:200 min12 Nov
Durban04:34 → 07:0511:1648 min11:160 min12 Nov
Dubai06:34 → 09:0511:3948 min11:390 min12 Nov
Delhi08:04 → 10:3511:4148 min11:410 min12 Nov
Kolkata08:04 → 10:3510:5748 min10:570 min12 Nov
Singapore10:34 → 13:0512:2548 min12:2540 min12 Nov
Sydney13:34 → 16:0512:150 min12:1648 min13 Nov
Suva14:34 → 17:0511:260 min11:2748 min13 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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