Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1932

Saturday 5 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 474 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 5 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 10:59  11:47 madhyāhna ends
10:1110:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 10:59  11:47 madhyāhna ends
10:1110:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:35

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 03:05 on Sat 5 Nov to 02:47 on Sun 6 Nov.

    1932-11-04T19:05:16Z → 1932-11-05T18:47:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 5th, 10:59–11:47 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 28446 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1932: Saturday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 1932 falls on Saturday 5 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:05 on Sat 5 Nov to 02:47 on Sun 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1932/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:05 → 10:4711:1248 min11:120 min4 Nov
Chicago13:05 → 12:4711:100 min11:1048 min5 Nov
Jersey City14:05 → 13:4711:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Port of Spain15:05 → 14:4711:260 min11:2648 min5 Nov
London19:05 → 18:4711:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban21:05 → 20:4711:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai23:05 → 22:4711:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi00:35 → 00:1711:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata00:35 → 00:1710:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore02:05 → 01:4711:240 min11:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney05:05 → 04:4711:150 min11:1548 min5 Nov
Suva07:05 → 06:4711:260 min11:2648 min5 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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