Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2050

Tuesday 22 November

Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 06 s away. 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 Monday 21 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 22 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

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 14:23 on Mon 21 Nov to 12:24 on Tue 22 Nov.

    2050-11-21T09:23:01Z → 2050-11-22T07:24:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 21st, 11:36–12:24 on the 22nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 6 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Multan, 2050: Tuesday 22 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Multan, Gopāṣṭamī 2050 falls on Tuesday 22 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:23 on Mon 21 Nov to 12:24 on Tue 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 06 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2050/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:23 → 23:2411:1548 min11:150 min21 Nov
Chicago03:23 → 01:2411:1248 min11:130 min21 Nov
Jersey City04:23 → 02:2411:1848 min11:180 min21 Nov
Port of Spain05:23 → 03:2411:2848 min11:280 min21 Nov
London09:23 → 07:2411:2248 min11:220 min21 Nov
Durban11:23 → 09:2411:1843 min11:180 min21 Nov
Dubai13:23 → 11:2411:410 min11:410 min22 Nov
Delhi14:53 → 12:5411:430 min11:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata14:53 → 12:5410:580 min10:5948 min22 Nov
Singapore17:23 → 15:2412:260 min12:2748 min22 Nov
Sydney20:23 → 18:2412:170 min12:1748 min22 Nov
Suva21:23 → 19:2411:280 min11:2848 min22 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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