Midday of Monday 16 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:11 11:59 madhyāhna ends
10:2310:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:47
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2026
Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 291 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 16 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 17 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:50 on Mon 16 Nov to 18:36 on Tue 17 Nov.
2026-11-16T22:50:08Z → 2026-11-18T00:35:40Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:11–11:59 on the 16th, 11:11–11:59 on the 17th.
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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.
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 17456 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Chicago, 2026: Tuesday 17 November.
confidence: determinate
In Chicago, Gopāṣṭamī 2026 falls on Tuesday 17 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:50 on Mon 16 Nov to 18:36 on Tue 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 17 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 17 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 17 Nov |
| 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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:50 → 16:36 | 11:14 | 0 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Chicago | 16:50 → 18:36 | 11:11 | 0 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Jersey City | 17:50 → 19:36 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 18:50 → 20:36 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| London | 22:50 → 00:36 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Durban | 00:50 → 02:36 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Dubai | 02:50 → 04:36 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:20 → 06:06 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:20 → 06:06 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:58 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Singapore | 06:50 → 08:36 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Sydney | 09:50 → 11:36 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 10:50 → 12:36 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 17 Nov |