Midday of Monday 11 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 10:51 11:39 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 10:23:04
10:0310:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:27
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2002
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 Monday 11 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 12 November
Qualifies with 40 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
40 of 48 minutes covered, the first 40
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:23 on Mon 11 Nov to 11:31 on Tue 12 Nov.
2002-11-11T08:23:05Z → 2002-11-12T09:31:27Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:51–11:39 on the 11th, 10:51–11:39 on the 12th.
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 11th and 40 of 48 on the 12th.
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 471 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Aleppo, 2002: Monday 11 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Aleppo, Gopāṣṭamī 2002 falls on Monday 11 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:23 on Mon 11 Nov to 11:31 on Tue 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 40 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 | Mon 11 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 11 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 11 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 11th | Covered | Madhyāhna 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:23 → 01:31 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Chicago | 02:23 → 03:31 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Jersey City | 03:23 → 04:31 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 04:23 → 05:31 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| London | 08:23 → 09:31 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Durban | 10:23 → 11:31 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 15 min | 11 Nov |
| Dubai | 12:23 → 13:31 | 11:39 | 4 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 12 Nov |
| Delhi | 13:53 → 15:01 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 12 Nov |
| Kolkata | 13:53 → 15:01 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 12 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:23 → 17:31 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 12 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:23 → 20:31 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 12 Nov |
| Suva | 20:23 → 21:31 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 12 Nov |