Midday of Friday 7 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:27 12:15 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:27:49
10:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:03
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1997
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 01 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 7 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Midday of Saturday 8 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:28 on Fri 7 Nov to 09:53 on Sat 8 Nov.
1997-11-07T10:27:49Z → 1997-11-08T08:52:50Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:27–12:15 on the 7th, 11:27–12:15 on the 8th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 47 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.
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 61 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1997: Friday 7 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Luanda, Gopāṣṭamī 1997 falls on Friday 7 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:28 on Fri 7 Nov to 09:53 on Sat 8 Nov and covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 01 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
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 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:28 → 00:53 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Chicago | 04:28 → 02:53 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Jersey City | 05:28 → 03:53 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 06:28 → 04:53 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| London | 10:28 → 08:53 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 7 Nov |
| Durban | 12:28 → 10:53 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 14:28 → 12:53 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:58 → 14:23 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:58 → 14:23 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 18:28 → 16:53 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 21:28 → 19:53 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Suva | 22:28 → 20:53 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 8 Nov |