Midday of Tuesday 17 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:27 12:15 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 10:50:08
10:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:03
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2026
Boundaryin Suva, 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 Tuesday 17 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 18 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:50 on Tue 17 Nov to 12:36 on Wed 18 Nov.
2026-11-16T22:50:08Z → 2026-11-18T00:35:40Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:27–12:15 on the 17th, 11:27–12:15 on the 18th.
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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.
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 1212 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Suva, 2026: Tuesday 17 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Suva, Gopāṣṭamī 2026 falls on Tuesday 17 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:50 on Tue 17 Nov to 12:36 on Wed 18 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 | Tue 17 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 17 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 17 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:50 → 16:36 | 11:14 | 0 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Chicago | 16:50 → 18:36 | 11:11 | 0 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Jersey City | 17:50 → 19:36 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 18:50 → 20:36 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| London | 22:50 → 00:36 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Durban | 00:50 → 02:36 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Dubai | 02:50 → 04:36 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:20 → 06:06 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:20 → 06:06 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:58 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Singapore | 06:50 → 08:36 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Sydney | 09:50 → 11:36 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 10:50 → 12:36 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 17 Nov |