Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1921

Monday 7 November

Boundaryin Chongqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

29°34′ N 106°33′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1814906

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 7 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

madhyāhna begins 12:13  13:01 madhyāhna ends
11:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:2513:49

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 8 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:13  13:01 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 13:09:38
11:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:2513:49

48 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 10:40 on Mon 7 Nov to 13:10 on Tue 8 Nov.

    1921-11-07T02:39:54Z → 1921-11-08T05:09:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:13–13:01 on the 7th, 12:13–13:01 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 493 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Chongqing, 1921: Monday 7 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Chongqing, Gopāṣṭamī 1921 falls on Monday 7 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:40 on Mon 7 Nov to 13:10 on Tue 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/chongqing/festivals/1921/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chongqing.

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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:40 → 21:1011:1348 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago20:40 → 23:1011:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City21:40 → 00:1011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain22:40 → 01:1011:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London02:40 → 05:1011:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban04:40 → 07:1011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Dubai06:40 → 09:1011:3848 min11:380 min7 Nov
Delhi08:10 → 10:4011:4148 min11:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata08:10 → 10:4010:5648 min10:560 min7 Nov
Singapore09:40 → 12:1011:2448 min11:2445 min7 Nov
Sydney12:40 → 15:1011:150 min11:1548 min8 Nov
Suva14:40 → 17:1011:260 min11:2648 min8 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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