Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2018

Thursday 15 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 326 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 15 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 16 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 03:34 on Thu 15 Nov to 06:10 on Fri 16 Nov.

    2018-11-15T01:34:22Z → 2018-11-16T04:10:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 15th, 11:36–12:24 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 19540 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2018: Thursday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 2018 falls on Thursday 15 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:34 on Thu 15 Nov to 06:10 on Fri 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2018/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 15 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:34 → 20:1011:1348 min11:140 min15 Nov
Chicago19:34 → 22:1011:1148 min11:110 min15 Nov
Jersey City20:34 → 23:1011:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Port of Spain21:34 → 00:1011:2748 min11:270 min15 Nov
London01:34 → 04:1011:2148 min11:210 min15 Nov
Durban03:34 → 06:1011:1748 min11:170 min15 Nov
Dubai05:34 → 08:1011:3948 min11:390 min15 Nov
Delhi07:04 → 09:4011:4148 min11:420 min15 Nov
Kolkata07:04 → 09:4010:5748 min10:570 min15 Nov
Singapore09:34 → 12:1012:2548 min12:250 min15 Nov
Sydney12:34 → 15:1012:1630 min12:1648 min16 Nov
Suva14:34 → 17:1012:270 min12:2748 min16 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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