Midday of Wednesday 3 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:35 12:23 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:30:59
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2038
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 53 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 3 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 4 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:31 on Wed 3 Nov to 11:27 on Thu 4 Nov.
2038-11-03T09:30:59Z → 2038-11-04T09:27:28Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 3rd, 11:35–12:23 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 233 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2038: Wednesday 3 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 2038 falls on Wednesday 3 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:31 on Wed 3 Nov to 11:27 on Thu 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 53 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 3 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 3 Nov |
| 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 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:31 → 02:27 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 04:31 → 04:27 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Jersey City | 05:31 → 05:27 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 05:31 → 05:27 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| London | 09:31 → 09:27 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 3 Nov |
| Durban | 11:31 → 11:27 | 11:16 | 33 min | 11:16 | 12 min | 3 Nov |
| Dubai | 13:31 → 13:27 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:01 → 14:57 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:01 → 14:57 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 17:31 → 17:27 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 20:31 → 20:27 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 21:31 → 21:27 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 4 Nov |