Midday of Thursday 22 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:29 12:17 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:06:05
10:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:05
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2001
Boundaryin Luanda, 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 Thursday 22 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 23 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:06 on Thu 22 Nov to 13:37 on Fri 23 Nov.
2001-11-22T10:06:06Z → 2001-11-23T12:36:51Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:29–12:17 on the 22nd, 11:30–12:18 on the 23rd.
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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.
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 1390 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Luanda, 2001: Thursday 22 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Luanda, Gopāṣṭamī 2001 falls on Thursday 22 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:06 on Thu 22 Nov to 13:37 on Fri 23 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 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 | Thu 22 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 22 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 23 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 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:06 → 04:37 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Chicago | 04:06 → 06:37 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Jersey City | 05:06 → 07:37 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 06:06 → 08:37 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| London | 10:06 → 12:37 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 22 Nov |
| Durban | 12:06 → 14:37 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 23 Nov |
| Dubai | 14:06 → 16:37 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 23 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:36 → 18:07 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 23 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:36 → 18:07 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 23 Nov |
| Singapore | 18:06 → 20:37 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 23 Nov |
| Sydney | 21:06 → 23:37 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 23 Nov |
| Suva | 22:06 → 00:37 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 23 Nov |