Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2072

Thursday 17 November

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 74 minutes.

Decide it for

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 17 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 18 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

0 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 07:53 on Thu 17 Nov to 10:21 on Fri 18 Nov.

    2072-11-17T02:52:41Z → 2072-11-18T05:21:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 17th, 11:35–12:23 on the 18th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 4437 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Multan, 2072: Thursday 17 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Gopāṣṭamī 2072 falls on Thursday 17 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:53 on Thu 17 Nov to 10:21 on Fri 18 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2072/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:53 → 21:2111:1448 min11:140 min17 Nov
Chicago20:53 → 23:2111:1248 min11:120 min17 Nov
Jersey City21:53 → 00:2111:1748 min11:180 min17 Nov
Port of Spain22:53 → 01:2111:2748 min11:280 min17 Nov
London02:53 → 05:2111:2148 min11:220 min17 Nov
Durban04:53 → 07:2111:1748 min11:170 min17 Nov
Dubai06:53 → 09:2111:4048 min11:400 min17 Nov
Delhi08:23 → 10:5111:4248 min11:420 min17 Nov
Kolkata08:23 → 10:5110:5848 min10:580 min17 Nov
Singapore10:53 → 13:2112:2648 min12:2648 min17 Nov
Sydney13:53 → 16:2112:170 min12:1748 min18 Nov
Suva14:53 → 17:2111:280 min11:2848 min18 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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