Midday of Saturday 8 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) · 1986
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 281 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 8 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 9 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:00 on Sat 8 Nov to 16:29 on Sun 9 Nov.
1986-11-08T10:00:19Z → 1986-11-09T08:29:01Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 8th, 11:00–11:48 on the 9th.
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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
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 16889 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1986: Sunday 9 November.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 1986 falls on Sunday 9 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:00 on Sat 8 Nov to 16:29 on Sun 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 9 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 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:00 → 00:29 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 04:00 → 02:29 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 05:00 → 03:29 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 06:00 → 04:29 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 10:00 → 08:29 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 12:00 → 10:29 | 11:16 | 4 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 14:00 → 12:29 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:30 → 13:59 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:30 → 13:59 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 18:00 → 16:29 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 21:00 → 19:29 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 22:00 → 20:29 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 9 Nov |