Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2004

Friday 19 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 500 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 19 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:01  11:49 madhyāhna ends
10:1310:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 20 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:01  11:49 madhyāhna ends
10:1310:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:37

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 02:41 on Fri 19 Nov to 01:07 on Sat 20 Nov.

    2004-11-18T18:41:28Z → 2004-11-19T17:07:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:01–11:49 on the 19th, 11:01–11:49 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 29984 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2004: Friday 19 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2004 falls on Friday 19 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:41 on Fri 19 Nov to 01:07 on Sat 20 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2004/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 19 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 19 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:41 → 09:0711:1448 min11:140 min18 Nov
Chicago12:41 → 11:0711:120 min11:120 min19 Nov
Jersey City13:41 → 12:0711:170 min11:1848 min19 Nov
Port of Spain14:41 → 13:0711:270 min11:2848 min19 Nov
London18:41 → 17:0711:220 min11:2248 min19 Nov
Durban20:41 → 19:0711:170 min11:1848 min19 Nov
Dubai22:41 → 21:0711:400 min11:4048 min19 Nov
Delhi00:11 → 22:3711:420 min11:4248 min19 Nov
Kolkata00:11 → 22:3710:580 min10:5848 min19 Nov
Singapore02:41 → 01:0712:260 min12:2648 min19 Nov
Sydney05:41 → 04:0712:170 min12:1748 min19 Nov
Suva06:41 → 05:0711:280 min11:2848 min19 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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