Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2086

Thursday 14 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 14 November

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

Midday of Friday 15 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 01:49 on Thu 14 Nov to 00:28 on Fri 15 Nov.

    2086-11-13T17:48:35Z → 2086-11-14T16:28:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 14th, 11:01–11:49 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 33109 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2086: Thursday 14 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2086 falls on Thursday 14 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:49 on Thu 14 Nov to 00:28 on Fri 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2086/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:49 → 08:2811:1348 min11:140 min13 Nov
Chicago11:49 → 10:2811:1110 min11:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City12:49 → 11:2811:170 min11:1712 min14 Nov
Port of Spain13:49 → 12:2811:270 min11:2748 min14 Nov
London17:49 → 16:2811:210 min11:2148 min14 Nov
Durban19:49 → 18:2811:170 min11:1748 min14 Nov
Dubai21:49 → 20:2811:390 min11:3948 min14 Nov
Delhi23:19 → 21:5811:410 min11:4248 min14 Nov
Kolkata23:19 → 21:5810:570 min10:5748 min14 Nov
Singapore01:49 → 00:2812:250 min12:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney04:49 → 03:2812:160 min12:1648 min14 Nov
Suva05:49 → 04:2811:270 min11:2748 min14 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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