Midday of Friday 27 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 12:35 13:23 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:15:11
11:4712:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:11
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2017
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 27 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 28 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:15 on Fri 27 Oct to 14:21 on Sat 28 Oct.
2017-10-27T09:15:11Z → 2017-10-28T11:21:21Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:35–13:23 on the 27th, 12:35–13:23 on the 28th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1197 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2017: Friday 27 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 2017 falls on Friday 27 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:15 on Fri 27 Oct to 14:21 on Sat 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 27 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 27 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 28 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/gopashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 27th | Covered | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:15 → 04:21 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:15 → 06:21 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:15 → 07:21 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:15 → 07:21 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| London | 10:15 → 12:21 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 1 min | 27 Oct |
| Durban | 11:15 → 13:21 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 27 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:15 → 15:21 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:45 → 16:51 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:45 → 16:51 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:15 → 19:21 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:15 → 22:21 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Suva | 21:15 → 23:21 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 28 Oct |