Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2049

Wednesday 3 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 3 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 10:59  11:47 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:13:55
10:1110:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:35

15 of 48 minutes covered, the first 15

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 13:24 on Tue 2 Nov to 11:14 on Wed 3 Nov.

    2049-11-02T05:24:08Z → 2049-11-03T03:13:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 2nd, 10:59–11:47 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 15 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 877 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2049: Wednesday 3 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2049 falls on Wednesday 3 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:24 on Tue 2 Nov to 11:14 on Wed 3 Nov and covers 15 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2049/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:24 → 20:1412:1248 min12:120 min2 Nov
Chicago00:24 → 22:1412:1048 min12:100 min2 Nov
Jersey City01:24 → 23:1412:1648 min12:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain01:24 → 23:1411:2648 min11:260 min2 Nov
London05:24 → 03:1411:2048 min11:200 min2 Nov
Durban07:24 → 05:1411:1648 min11:160 min2 Nov
Dubai09:24 → 07:1411:3848 min11:380 min2 Nov
Delhi10:54 → 08:4411:4148 min11:410 min2 Nov
Kolkata10:54 → 08:4410:5648 min10:560 min2 Nov
Singapore13:24 → 11:1412:240 min12:240 min3 Nov
Sydney16:24 → 14:1412:150 min12:1548 min3 Nov
Suva17:24 → 15:1411:260 min11:2648 min3 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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