Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1987

Thursday 29 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 201 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 Thursday 29 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 Friday 30 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 08:14 on Thu 29 Oct to 06:06 on Fri 30 Oct.

    1987-10-29T06:14:25Z → 1987-10-30T04:06:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 29th, 11:35–12:23 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 12038 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 1987: Thursday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 1987 falls on Thursday 29 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:14 on Thu 29 Oct to 06:06 on Fri 30 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1987/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:14 → 20:0611:1348 min11:120 min29 Oct
Chicago00:14 → 22:0611:1048 min11:100 min29 Oct
Jersey City01:14 → 23:0611:1648 min11:160 min29 Oct
Port of Spain02:14 → 00:0611:2648 min11:260 min29 Oct
London06:14 → 04:0611:2048 min11:200 min29 Oct
Durban08:14 → 06:0611:1648 min11:160 min29 Oct
Dubai10:14 → 08:0611:3848 min11:380 min29 Oct
Delhi11:44 → 09:3611:4144 min11:410 min29 Oct
Kolkata11:44 → 09:3610:560 min10:560 min30 Oct
Singapore14:14 → 12:0612:240 min12:240 min30 Oct
Sydney17:14 → 15:0612:150 min12:1548 min30 Oct
Suva18:14 → 16:0611:260 min11:2648 min30 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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