Gopāṣṭamī

1. १Step 1, Aṅga

   Aṣṭamī runs from 10:13 on Mon 8 Nov to 12:26 on Tue 9 Nov.

   1948-11-08T03:43:15Z → 1948-11-09T05:55:35Z
2. २Step 2, Kāla

   Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 8th, 11:42–12:30 on the 9th.

   madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
3. ३Step 3, Rule

   Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 43 of 48 on the 9th.

   Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
4. ४Step 4, Tie-break

   Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

   priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 290 s < 300 s
5. ५Step 5, Ruling

   Gopāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1948: Monday 8 November.

   confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)

In Chattogram, Gopāṣṭamī 1948 falls on Monday 8 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:13 on Mon 8 Nov to 12:26 on Tue 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 43 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 50 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

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.