Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2069

Thursday 21 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 47 s.

Decide it for

BucharestDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 21 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:44:14
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

41 of 48 minutes covered, the last 41

Midday of Friday 22 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:10:38
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 11:44 on Thu 21 Nov to 11:11 on Fri 22 Nov.

    2069-11-21T09:44:14Z → 2069-11-22T09:10:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 21st, 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 41 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 407 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Bucharest, 2069: Thursday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Gopāṣṭamī 2069 falls on Thursday 21 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:44 on Thu 21 Nov to 11:11 on Fri 22 Nov and covers 41 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2069/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 21 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:44 → 01:1111:1548 min11:150 min21 Nov
Chicago03:44 → 03:1111:1348 min11:130 min21 Nov
Jersey City04:44 → 04:1111:1848 min11:190 min21 Nov
Port of Spain05:44 → 05:1111:2848 min11:280 min21 Nov
London09:44 → 09:1111:2248 min11:230 min21 Nov
Durban11:44 → 11:1111:1822 min11:180 min21 Nov
Dubai13:44 → 13:1111:410 min11:4148 min22 Nov
Delhi15:14 → 14:4111:430 min11:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata15:14 → 14:4110:580 min10:5948 min22 Nov
Singapore17:44 → 17:1112:270 min12:2748 min22 Nov
Sydney20:44 → 20:1112:170 min12:1848 min22 Nov
Suva21:44 → 21:1111:280 min11:2948 min22 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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