Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1997

Saturday 8 November

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 minutes.

Decide it for

35°52′ N 128°36′ E · Asia/Seoul · GeoNames 1835329

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Friday 7 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 8 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

48 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 19:28 on Fri 7 Nov to 17:53 on Sat 8 Nov.

    1997-11-07T10:27:49Z → 1997-11-08T08:52:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 7th, 11:45–12:33 on the 8th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 19182 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Daegu, 1997: Saturday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Gopāṣṭamī 1997 falls on Saturday 8 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:28 on Fri 7 Nov to 17:53 on Sat 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1997/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/gopashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 8 Gopastami, Gosthastami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:28 → 00:5311:1248 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago04:28 → 02:5311:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City05:28 → 03:5311:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain06:28 → 04:5311:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London10:28 → 08:5311:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban12:28 → 10:5311:160 min11:160 min8 Nov
Dubai14:28 → 12:5311:380 min11:3848 min8 Nov
Delhi15:58 → 14:2311:410 min11:4148 min8 Nov
Kolkata15:58 → 14:2310:560 min10:5648 min8 Nov
Singapore18:28 → 16:5312:240 min12:2448 min8 Nov
Sydney21:28 → 19:5312:150 min12:1548 min8 Nov
Suva22:28 → 20:5311:260 min11:2648 min8 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gopashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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