Midday of Friday 3 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:48 12:36 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:08:12
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2000
Boundaryin Phoenix, 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 Friday 3 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 4 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:08 on Fri 3 Nov to 13:41 on Sat 4 Nov.
2000-11-03T18:08:12Z → 2000-11-04T20:41:18Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 3rd, 11:48–12:36 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.
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 2368 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 2000: Friday 3 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Phoenix, Gopāṣṭamī 2000 falls on Friday 3 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:08 on Fri 3 Nov to 13:41 on Sat 4 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 | Fri 3 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 3 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 4 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:08 → 12:41 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 48 min | 3 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:08 → 14:41 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:10 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:08 → 15:41 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:08 → 16:41 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 18:08 → 20:41 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 20:08 → 22:41 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 22:08 → 00:41 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Delhi | 23:38 → 02:11 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Kolkata | 23:38 → 02:11 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Singapore | 02:08 → 04:41 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Sydney | 05:08 → 07:41 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Suva | 06:08 → 08:41 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 4 Nov |