Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2083

Tuesday 16 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 164 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 16 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:01  11:49 madhyāhna ends
10:1310:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:01  11:49 madhyāhna ends
10:1310:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:37

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 08:17 on Tue 16 Nov to 07:33 on Wed 17 Nov.

    2083-11-16T00:17:07Z → 2083-11-16T23:32:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:01–11:49 on the 16th, 11:01–11:49 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 9813 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2083: Tuesday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2083 falls on Tuesday 16 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:17 on Tue 16 Nov to 07:33 on Wed 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2083/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:17 → 15:3311:1448 min11:140 min16 Nov
Chicago18:17 → 17:3311:1148 min11:120 min16 Nov
Jersey City19:17 → 18:3311:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Port of Spain20:17 → 19:3311:2748 min11:270 min16 Nov
London00:17 → 23:3311:2148 min11:210 min16 Nov
Durban02:17 → 01:3311:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Dubai04:17 → 03:3311:4048 min11:400 min16 Nov
Delhi05:47 → 05:0311:4248 min11:420 min16 Nov
Kolkata05:47 → 05:0310:5748 min10:580 min16 Nov
Singapore08:17 → 07:3312:2648 min12:260 min16 Nov
Sydney11:17 → 10:3312:1648 min12:160 min16 Nov
Suva12:17 → 11:3311:270 min11:275 min17 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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