Midday of Thursday 17 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:14 12:02 madhyāhna ends
10:2610:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:50
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2072
Boundaryin Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 17 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 18 November
Qualifies with 7 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
7 of 48 minutes covered, the first 7
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 08:53 on Thu 17 Nov to 11:21 on Fri 18 Nov.
2072-11-17T02:52:41Z → 2072-11-18T05:21:25Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:14–12:02 on the 17th, 11:14–12:02 on the 18th.
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 17th and 7 of 48 on the 18th.
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 446 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2072: Thursday 17 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Chattogram, Gopāṣṭamī 2072 falls on Thursday 17 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:53 on Thu 17 Nov to 11:21 on Fri 18 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 7 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 17 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 17 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 17 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
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 17th | Covered | Madhyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:53 → 21:21 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:53 → 23:21 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:53 → 00:21 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:53 → 01:21 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| London | 02:53 → 05:21 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Durban | 04:53 → 07:21 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:53 → 09:21 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:23 → 10:51 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:23 → 10:51 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:58 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:53 → 13:21 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:53 → 16:21 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 18 Nov |
| Suva | 14:53 → 17:21 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 18 Nov |