Midday of Saturday 12 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:00 11:48 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 10:34:08
10:1210:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:36
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 1983
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 12 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 13 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:34 on Sat 12 Nov to 13:05 on Sun 13 Nov.
1983-11-12T02:34:08Z → 1983-11-13T05:05:03Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 12th, 11:00–11:48 on the 13th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1539 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1983: Saturday 12 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 1983 falls on Saturday 12 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:34 on Sat 12 Nov to 13:05 on Sun 13 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.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 12 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 12 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 13 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 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:34 → 21:05 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:34 → 23:05 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:34 → 00:05 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:34 → 01:05 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| London | 02:34 → 05:05 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Durban | 04:34 → 07:05 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:34 → 09:05 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:04 → 10:35 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:04 → 10:35 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:34 → 13:05 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 40 min | 12 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:34 → 16:05 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Suva | 14:34 → 17:05 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 13 Nov |