Midday of Thursday 16 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:00 11:48 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:23:18
10:1210:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:36
25 of 48 minutes covered, the last 25
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1950
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 35 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 16 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
25 of 48 minutes covered, the last 25
Midday of Friday 17 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:23 on Thu 16 Nov to 11:00 on Fri 17 Nov.
1950-11-16T03:23:19Z → 1950-11-17T03:00:03Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 16th, 11:01–11:49 on the 17th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 25 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.
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 35 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1950: Thursday 16 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 1950 falls on Thursday 16 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:23 on Thu 16 Nov to 11:00 on Fri 17 Nov and covers 25 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 35 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 16 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 16 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 16 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:23 → 19:00 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Chicago | 21:23 → 21:00 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Jersey City | 22:23 → 22:00 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 23:23 → 23:00 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| London | 03:23 → 03:00 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Durban | 05:23 → 05:00 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Dubai | 07:23 → 07:00 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:53 → 08:30 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:53 → 08:30 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:53 → 10:30 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 0 min | 16 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:23 → 13:00 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 15:23 → 15:00 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 17 Nov |