Midday of Wednesday 12 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:36 12:24 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:35:34
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2059
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 04 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 12 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 13 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:36 on Wed 12 Nov to 09:50 on Thu 13 Nov.
2059-11-12T09:35:34Z → 2059-11-13T07:49:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 12th, 11:36–12:24 on the 13th.
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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.
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 4 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2059: Wednesday 12 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 2059 falls on Wednesday 12 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:36 on Wed 12 Nov to 09:50 on Thu 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 04 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 12 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 12 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 12 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 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:36 → 23:50 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Chicago | 03:36 → 01:50 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Jersey City | 04:36 → 02:50 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 05:36 → 03:50 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| London | 09:36 → 07:50 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Durban | 11:36 → 09:50 | 11:16 | 29 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Dubai | 13:36 → 11:50 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 11 min | 13 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:06 → 13:20 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:06 → 13:20 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Singapore | 17:36 → 15:50 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Sydney | 20:36 → 18:50 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Suva | 21:36 → 19:50 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 13 Nov |