Midday of Tuesday 20 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:47 12:35 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:50:26
10:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:5913:23
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2012
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 22 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 20 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Midday of Wednesday 21 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:50 on Tue 20 Nov to 11:23 on Wed 21 Nov.
2012-11-20T02:50:27Z → 2012-11-21T02:23:28Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:47–12:35 on the 20th, 11:47–12:35 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.
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 202 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2012: Tuesday 20 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daegu, Gopāṣṭamī 2012 falls on Tuesday 20 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:50 on Tue 20 Nov to 11:23 on Wed 21 Nov and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 22 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 20 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 20 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 20 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu. | ||
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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:50 → 18:23 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:50 → 20:23 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:50 → 21:23 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:50 → 22:23 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| London | 02:50 → 02:23 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Durban | 04:50 → 04:23 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:50 → 06:23 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:20 → 07:53 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:20 → 07:53 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:58 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:50 → 10:23 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:50 → 13:23 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 21 Nov |
| Suva | 15:50 → 15:23 | 12:28 | 0 min | 12:28 | 48 min | 21 Nov |