Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2041

Friday 1 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 122 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 1 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 10:59  11:47 madhyāhna ends
10:1110:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 2 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

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 08:57 on Fri 1 Nov to 07:07 on Sat 2 Nov.

    2041-11-01T00:57:12Z → 2041-11-01T23:07:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 1st, 10:59–11:47 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 7326 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2041: Friday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2041 falls on Friday 1 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:57 on Fri 1 Nov to 07:07 on Sat 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2041/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:57 → 16:0712:1248 min12:120 min1 Nov
Chicago19:57 → 18:0712:1048 min12:100 min1 Nov
Jersey City20:57 → 19:0712:1648 min12:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain20:57 → 19:0711:2648 min11:260 min1 Nov
London00:57 → 23:0711:2048 min11:200 min1 Nov
Durban02:57 → 01:0711:1648 min11:160 min1 Nov
Dubai04:57 → 03:0711:3848 min11:380 min1 Nov
Delhi06:27 → 04:3711:4148 min11:400 min1 Nov
Kolkata06:27 → 04:3710:5648 min10:560 min1 Nov
Singapore08:57 → 07:0712:2448 min12:240 min1 Nov
Sydney11:57 → 10:0712:1548 min12:150 min1 Nov
Suva12:57 → 11:0711:260 min11:260 min2 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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