Midday of Tuesday 7 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
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1978
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 7 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 8 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
19 of 48 minutes covered, the first 19
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 13:20 on Tue 7 Nov to 11:19 on Wed 8 Nov.
1978-11-07T05:20:19Z → 1978-11-08T03:18:42Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 7th, 10:59–11:47 on the 8th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 19 of 48 on the 8th.
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 1154 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1978: Wednesday 8 November.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 1978 falls on Wednesday 8 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:20 on Tue 7 Nov to 11:19 on Wed 8 Nov and covers 19 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 8 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 8 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 8 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 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:20 → 19:19 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:20 → 21:19 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:20 → 22:19 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:20 → 23:19 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| London | 05:20 → 03:19 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Durban | 07:20 → 05:19 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Dubai | 09:20 → 07:19 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Delhi | 10:50 → 08:49 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 10:50 → 08:49 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 12:50 → 10:49 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 16:20 → 14:19 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Suva | 17:20 → 15:19 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 8 Nov |