Midday of Friday 28 October
Qualifies with 11 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:35 13:23 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 13:12:04
11:4712:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:11
11 of 48 minutes covered, the last 11
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2044
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 28 October
Qualifies with 11 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
11 of 48 minutes covered, the last 11
Midday of Saturday 29 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 13:12 on Fri 28 Oct to 15:40 on Sat 29 Oct.
2044-10-28T10:12:04Z → 2044-10-29T12:39:36Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:35–13:23 on the 28th, 12:35–13:23 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 11 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
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 658 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2044: Saturday 29 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 2044 falls on Saturday 29 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:12 on Fri 28 Oct to 15:40 on Sat 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 11 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 | Sat 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 29 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 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:12 → 05:40 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Chicago | 05:12 → 07:40 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Jersey City | 06:12 → 08:40 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 06:12 → 08:40 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 28 Oct |
| London | 11:12 → 13:40 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Durban | 12:12 → 14:40 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 14:12 → 16:40 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:42 → 18:10 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:42 → 18:10 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:12 → 20:40 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:12 → 23:40 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Suva | 22:12 → 00:40 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 29 Oct |