Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1921

Monday 7 November

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 577 minutes.

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 Sunday 6 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:15  12:03 madhyāhna ends
10:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:51

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 7 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:15  12:03 madhyāhna ends
10:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:51

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 21:40 on Sun 6 Nov to 00:10 on Tue 8 Nov.

    1921-11-07T02:39:54Z → 1921-11-08T05:09:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:15–12:03 on the 6th, 11:15–12:03 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 34624 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Queens, 1921: Monday 7 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Gopāṣṭamī 1921 falls on Monday 7 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:40 on Sun 6 Nov to 00:10 on Tue 8 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/1921/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:40 → 21:1011:1348 min11:130 min7 Nov
Chicago20:40 → 23:1011:1048 min11:100 min7 Nov
Jersey City21:40 → 00:1011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Port of Spain22:40 → 01:1011:2648 min11:260 min7 Nov
London02:40 → 05:1011:2048 min11:200 min7 Nov
Durban04:40 → 07:1011:1648 min11:160 min7 Nov
Dubai06:40 → 09:1011:3848 min11:380 min7 Nov
Delhi08:10 → 10:4011:4148 min11:410 min7 Nov
Kolkata08:10 → 10:4010:5648 min10:560 min7 Nov
Singapore09:40 → 12:1011:2448 min11:2445 min7 Nov
Sydney12:40 → 15:1011:150 min11:1548 min8 Nov
Suva14:40 → 17:1011:260 min11:2648 min8 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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