Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2076

Wednesday 4 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 548 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 3 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 4 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 22:58 on Tue 3 Nov to 20:56 on Wed 4 Nov.

    2076-11-03T14:58:15Z → 2076-11-04T12:55:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 3rd, 10:59–11:47 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 32893 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2076: Wednesday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2076 falls on Wednesday 4 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:58 on Tue 3 Nov to 20:56 on Wed 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2076/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:58 → 04:5611:1348 min11:130 min3 Nov
Chicago08:58 → 06:5611:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City09:58 → 07:5611:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain10:58 → 08:5611:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London14:58 → 12:5611:200 min11:2048 min4 Nov
Durban16:58 → 14:5611:160 min11:1648 min4 Nov
Dubai18:58 → 16:5611:380 min11:3848 min4 Nov
Delhi20:28 → 18:2611:410 min11:4148 min4 Nov
Kolkata20:28 → 18:2610:560 min10:5648 min4 Nov
Singapore22:58 → 20:5612:240 min12:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney01:58 → 23:5612:150 min12:1548 min4 Nov
Suva02:58 → 00:5611:260 min11:2648 min4 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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