Midday of Tuesday 19 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:01 11:49 madhyāhna ends
10:1310:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:37
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2080
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 19 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 20 November
Qualifies with 35 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
35 of 48 minutes covered, the first 35
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 09:03 on Tue 19 Nov to 11:37 on Wed 20 Nov.
2080-11-19T01:02:37Z → 2080-11-20T03:36:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:01–11:49 on the 19th, 11:02–11:50 on the 20th.
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 19th and 35 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 788 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2080: Tuesday 19 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Gopāṣṭamī 2080 falls on Tuesday 19 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:03 on Tue 19 Nov to 11:37 on Wed 20 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 35 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 19 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 19 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 19 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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:03 → 19:37 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:03 → 21:37 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:03 → 22:37 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:03 → 23:37 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| London | 01:03 → 03:37 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Durban | 03:03 → 05:37 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:03 → 07:37 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:33 → 09:07 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:33 → 09:07 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:58 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Singapore | 09:03 → 11:37 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Sydney | 12:03 → 14:37 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Suva | 13:03 → 15:37 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 20 Nov |