Midday of Saturday 14 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:34 12:22 madhyāhna ends
10:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:10
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2037
Boundaryin Multan, 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 Saturday 14 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 15 November
Qualifies with 27 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
27 of 48 minutes covered, the first 27
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:04 on Sat 14 Nov to 12:01 on Sun 15 Nov.
2037-11-14T05:04:14Z → 2037-11-15T07:01:22Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:34–12:22 on the 14th, 11:35–12:23 on the 15th.
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 14th and 27 of 48 on the 15th.
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 1271 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Multan, 2037: Saturday 14 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Gopāṣṭamī 2037 falls on Saturday 14 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:04 on Sat 14 Nov to 12:01 on Sun 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 27 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 | Sat 14 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 14 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 14 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:04 → 23:01 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:04 → 01:01 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:04 → 02:01 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:04 → 03:01 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| London | 05:04 → 07:01 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Durban | 07:04 → 09:01 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Dubai | 09:04 → 11:01 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Delhi | 10:34 → 12:31 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 14 Nov |
| Kolkata | 10:34 → 12:31 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 14 Nov |
| Singapore | 13:04 → 15:01 | 12:25 | 9 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Sydney | 16:04 → 18:01 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Suva | 17:04 → 19:01 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 15 Nov |