Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1982

Wednesday 24 November

Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 23 November

Qualifies with 17 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:07:41
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

17 of 48 minutes covered, the last 17

Midday of Wednesday 24 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Tue 23 Nov to 13:54 on Wed 24 Nov.

    1982-11-23T07:07:41Z → 1982-11-24T08:53:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 23rd, 11:37–12:25 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 17 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 995 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Multan, 1982: Wednesday 24 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Gopāṣṭamī 1982 falls on Wednesday 24 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:08 on Tue 23 Nov to 13:54 on Wed 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 17 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1982/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/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 clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:08 → 00:5411:1548 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago01:08 → 02:5411:1348 min11:130 min23 Nov
Jersey City02:08 → 03:5411:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain03:08 → 04:5411:2848 min11:290 min23 Nov
London07:08 → 08:5411:2348 min11:230 min23 Nov
Durban09:08 → 10:5411:1848 min11:190 min23 Nov
Dubai11:08 → 12:5411:4148 min11:4148 min23 Nov
Delhi12:38 → 14:2411:430 min11:4448 min24 Nov
Kolkata12:38 → 14:2410:590 min10:5948 min24 Nov
Singapore15:08 → 16:5412:270 min12:2748 min24 Nov
Sydney18:08 → 19:5412:180 min12:1848 min24 Nov
Suva19:08 → 20:5411:290 min11:2948 min24 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gopashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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