Midday of Thursday 19 November
Qualifies with 4 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:40 12:28 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:23:15
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16
4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2099
Boundaryin Baoding, 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 19 November
Qualifies with 4 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4
Midday of Friday 20 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:23 on Thu 19 Nov to 14:24 on Fri 20 Nov.
2099-11-19T04:23:16Z → 2099-11-20T06:23:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 19th, 11:40–12:28 on the 20th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 4 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.
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 262 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2099: Friday 20 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Gopāṣṭamī 2099 falls on Friday 20 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:23 on Thu 19 Nov to 14:24 on Fri 20 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 4 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 22 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 20 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 20 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 20 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:23 → 22:24 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Chicago | 22:23 → 00:24 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Jersey City | 23:23 → 01:24 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 00:23 → 02:24 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| London | 04:23 → 06:24 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Durban | 06:23 → 08:24 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Dubai | 08:23 → 10:24 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Delhi | 09:53 → 11:54 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 11 min | 19 Nov |
| Kolkata | 09:53 → 11:54 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Singapore | 12:23 → 14:24 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:23 → 17:24 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Suva | 16:23 → 18:24 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 20 Nov |