Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2065

Thursday 5 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 667 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 Thursday 5 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 Friday 6 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 23:52 on Wed 4 Nov to 23:12 on Thu 5 Nov.

    2065-11-04T15:52:13Z → 2065-11-05T15:12:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 5th, 10:59–11:47 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 40031 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2065: Thursday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2065 falls on Thursday 5 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:52 on Wed 4 Nov to 23:12 on Thu 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2065/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:52 → 07:1211:1248 min11:130 min4 Nov
Chicago09:52 → 09:1211:1048 min11:100 min4 Nov
Jersey City10:52 → 10:1211:1648 min11:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain11:52 → 11:1211:2621 min11:260 min4 Nov
London15:52 → 15:1211:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban17:52 → 17:1211:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai19:52 → 19:1211:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi21:22 → 20:4211:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata21:22 → 20:4210:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore23:52 → 23:1212:240 min12:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney02:52 → 02:1212:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva03:52 → 03:1211:260 min11:2648 min5 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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