Midday of Thursday 20 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:01 11:49 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 10:59:56
10:1310:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:37
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2042
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 25 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 20 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 21 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:00 on Thu 20 Nov to 09:54 on Fri 21 Nov.
2042-11-20T02:59:56Z → 2042-11-21T01:54:16Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:01–11:49 on the 20th, 11:02–11:50 on the 21st.
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 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 85 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2042: Thursday 20 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2042 falls on Thursday 20 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:00 on Thu 20 Nov to 09:54 on Fri 21 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 25 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 20 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 20 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 20 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 | 19:00 → 17:54 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Chicago | 21:00 → 19:54 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Jersey City | 22:00 → 20:54 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 23:00 → 21:54 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| London | 03:00 → 01:54 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Durban | 05:00 → 03:54 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Dubai | 07:00 → 05:54 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:30 → 07:24 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:30 → 07:24 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:58 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Singapore | 11:00 → 09:54 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Sydney | 14:00 → 12:54 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 37 min | 21 Nov |
| Suva | 15:00 → 13:54 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 21 Nov |