Midday of Tuesday 28 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:10 12:58 madhyāhna ends
11:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:2213:46
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2025
Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 596 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 28 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 29 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:54 on Tue 28 Oct to 23:37 on Wed 29 Oct.
2025-10-29T03:53:41Z → 2025-10-30T04:37:02Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:10–12:58 on the 28th, 12:10–12:58 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 35736 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Chicago, 2025: Wednesday 29 October.
confidence: determinate
In Chicago, Gopāṣṭamī 2025 falls on Wednesday 29 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:54 on Tue 28 Oct to 23:37 on Wed 29 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 29 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago. | ||
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 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:54 → 21:37 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:54 → 23:37 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:54 → 00:37 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:54 → 00:37 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 03:54 → 04:37 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 05:54 → 06:37 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:54 → 08:37 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:24 → 10:07 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:24 → 10:07 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:54 → 12:37 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 13 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:54 → 15:37 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 15:54 → 16:37 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 30 Oct |