Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2095

Saturday 5 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 628 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 Saturday 5 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 Sunday 6 November

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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 00:31 on Sat 5 Nov to 23:40 on Sat 5 Nov.

    2095-11-04T16:31:16Z → 2095-11-05T15:39:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 5th, 11:00–11:48 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 37698 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2095: Saturday 5 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2095 falls on Saturday 5 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:31 on Sat 5 Nov to 23:40 on Sat 5 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2095/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 Angeles09:31 → 08:4012:1348 min12:130 min4 Nov
Chicago11:31 → 10:4012:1048 min12:100 min4 Nov
Jersey City12:31 → 11:4012:1633 min12:160 min4 Nov
Port of Spain12:31 → 11:4011:260 min11:2614 min5 Nov
London16:31 → 15:4011:200 min11:2048 min5 Nov
Durban18:31 → 17:4011:160 min11:1648 min5 Nov
Dubai20:31 → 19:4011:380 min11:3848 min5 Nov
Delhi22:01 → 21:1011:410 min11:4148 min5 Nov
Kolkata22:01 → 21:1010:560 min10:5648 min5 Nov
Singapore00:31 → 23:4012:240 min12:2448 min5 Nov
Sydney03:31 → 02:4012:150 min12:1548 min5 Nov
Suva04:31 → 03:4011:260 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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