Midday of Thursday 18 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 10:52 11:40 madhyāhna ends
10:0410:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:28
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1920
Boundaryin Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 18 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 19 November
Qualifies with 9 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
9 of 48 minutes covered, the first 9
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 09:14 on Thu 18 Nov to 11:02 on Fri 19 Nov.
1920-11-18T07:14:25Z → 1920-11-19T09:02:03Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:52–11:40 on the 18th, 10:53–11:41 on the 19th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 9 of 48 on the 19th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 566 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Aleppo, 1920: Thursday 18 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Aleppo, Gopāṣṭamī 1920 falls on Thursday 18 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:14 on Thu 18 Nov to 11:02 on Fri 19 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 9 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 18 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 18 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 18 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Aleppo. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/gopashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 18th | Covered | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:14 → 01:02 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Chicago | 01:14 → 03:02 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Jersey City | 02:14 → 04:02 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 03:14 → 05:02 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| London | 07:14 → 09:02 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Durban | 09:14 → 11:02 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Dubai | 11:14 → 13:02 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Delhi | 12:44 → 14:32 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Kolkata | 12:44 → 14:32 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Singapore | 14:14 → 16:02 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Sydney | 17:14 → 19:02 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Suva | 19:14 → 21:02 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 19 Nov |