Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2002

Monday 11 November

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 01 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

BucharestDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 11 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 Tuesday 12 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:31:27
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 10:23 on Mon 11 Nov to 11:31 on Tue 12 Nov.

    2002-11-11T08:23:05Z → 2002-11-12T09:31:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 241 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2002: Monday 11 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 2002 falls on Monday 11 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:23 on Mon 11 Nov to 11:31 on Tue 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 01 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2002/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:23 → 01:3111:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago02:23 → 03:3111:1048 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City03:23 → 04:3111:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Port of Spain04:23 → 05:3111:2648 min11:260 min11 Nov
London08:23 → 09:3111:2048 min11:200 min11 Nov
Durban10:23 → 11:3111:1648 min11:1615 min11 Nov
Dubai12:23 → 13:3111:394 min11:3948 min12 Nov
Delhi13:53 → 15:0111:410 min11:4148 min12 Nov
Kolkata13:53 → 15:0110:560 min10:5748 min12 Nov
Singapore16:23 → 17:3112:250 min12:2548 min12 Nov
Sydney19:23 → 20:3112:150 min12:1648 min12 Nov
Suva20:23 → 21:3111:260 min11:2648 min12 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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