Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2074

Saturday 27 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 599 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 26 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 27 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 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 22:54 on Fri 26 Oct to 21:46 on Sat 27 Oct.

    2074-10-26T14:54:18Z → 2074-10-27T13:46:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 26th, 11:00–11:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 35916 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2074: Saturday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2074 falls on Saturday 27 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:54 on Fri 26 Oct to 21:46 on Sat 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2074/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 Oct
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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:54 → 06:4612:1348 min12:130 min26 Oct
Chicago09:54 → 08:4612:1048 min12:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City10:54 → 09:4612:1648 min12:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain10:54 → 09:4611:2648 min11:260 min26 Oct
London15:54 → 14:4612:200 min12:2048 min27 Oct
Durban16:54 → 15:4611:160 min11:1648 min27 Oct
Dubai18:54 → 17:4611:390 min11:3948 min27 Oct
Delhi20:24 → 19:1611:410 min11:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata20:24 → 19:1610:570 min10:5648 min27 Oct
Singapore22:54 → 21:4612:250 min12:2548 min27 Oct
Sydney01:54 → 00:4612:160 min12:1548 min27 Oct
Suva02:54 → 01:4611:270 min11:2648 min27 Oct
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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