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Ruling · 2021 · Doha

Gopāṣṭamī

Thursday 11 November2021 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 394 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 394 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 11 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 10:54  11:42 madhyāhna ends
10:0610:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 12 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 10:54  11:42 madhyāhna ends
10:0610:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 04:20 on Thu 11 Nov to 03:22 on Fri 12 Nov.

    2021-11-11T01:19:56Z → 2021-11-12T00:21:42Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:54–11:42 on the 11th, 10:54–11:42 on the 12th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

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

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 23630 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Doha, 2021: Thursday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Gopāṣṭamī 2021 falls on Thursday 11 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:20 on Thu 11 Nov to 03:22 on Fri 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/2021/gopashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 11 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

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

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:20 → 16:2211:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago19:20 → 18:2211:1048 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City20:20 → 19:2211:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Port of Spain21:20 → 20:2211:2648 min11:260 min11 Nov
London01:20 → 00:2211:2048 min11:200 min11 Nov
Durban03:20 → 02:2211:1648 min11:160 min11 Nov
Dubai05:20 → 04:2211:3948 min11:390 min11 Nov
Delhi06:50 → 05:5211:4148 min11:410 min11 Nov
Kolkata06:50 → 05:5210:5648 min10:570 min11 Nov
Singapore09:20 → 08:2212:2548 min12:250 min11 Nov
Sydney12:20 → 11:2212:1543 min12:160 min11 Nov
Suva13:20 → 12:2211:260 min11:2748 min12 Nov
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gopashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s