Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2040

Monday 12 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 39 minutes.

Decide it for

DaqingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 11 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:00  11:48 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:28:16
10:1210:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 12 November

Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:00  11:48 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 10:20:53
10:1210:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:36

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 12:28 on Sun 11 Nov to 10:21 on Mon 12 Nov.

    2040-11-11T04:28:17Z → 2040-11-12T02:20:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 11th, 11:00–11:48 on the 12th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: unstated → second-day · margin 2342 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2040: Monday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2040 falls on Monday 12 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:28 on Sun 11 Nov to 10:21 on Mon 12 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2040/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:28 → 18:2111:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago22:28 → 20:2111:1148 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City23:28 → 21:2111:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Port of Spain00:28 → 22:2111:2648 min11:260 min11 Nov
London04:28 → 02:2111:2048 min11:200 min11 Nov
Durban06:28 → 04:2111:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Dubai08:28 → 06:2111:3948 min11:390 min11 Nov
Delhi09:58 → 07:5111:4148 min11:410 min11 Nov
Kolkata09:58 → 07:5110:5748 min10:570 min11 Nov
Singapore12:28 → 10:2112:2544 min12:250 min11 Nov
Sydney15:28 → 13:2112:150 min12:1648 min12 Nov
Suva16:28 → 14:2111:260 min11:2748 min12 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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