Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1948

Monday 8 November

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 minutes.

Decide it for

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 8 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 9 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:25:35
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

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 09:13 on Mon 8 Nov to 11:26 on Tue 9 Nov.

    1948-11-08T03:43:15Z → 1948-11-09T05:55:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 8th, 12:04–12:52 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 2293 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Multan, 1948: Monday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Gopāṣṭamī 1948 falls on Monday 8 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:13 on Mon 8 Nov to 11:26 on Tue 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1948/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:43 → 22:5612:1348 min12:130 min8 Nov
Chicago21:43 → 23:5611:1048 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City22:43 → 00:5611:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain23:43 → 01:5611:2648 min11:260 min8 Nov
London03:43 → 05:5611:2048 min11:200 min8 Nov
Durban05:43 → 07:5611:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Dubai07:43 → 09:5611:3848 min11:390 min8 Nov
Delhi09:13 → 11:2611:4148 min11:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata09:13 → 11:2610:5648 min10:5629 min8 Nov
Singapore11:13 → 13:2611:5448 min11:5448 min8 Nov
Sydney13:43 → 15:5611:150 min11:1548 min9 Nov
Suva15:43 → 17:5611:260 min11:2648 min9 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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