Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī (Goṣṭhāṣṭamī) · 2027

Saturday 6 November

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 125 minutes.

Decide it for

18°08′ S 178°26′ E · Pacific/Fiji · GeoNames 2198148

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 6 November

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:26  12:14 madhyāhna ends
10:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:02

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 7 November

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:26  12:14 madhyāhna ends
10:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:02

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 06:40 on Sat 6 Nov to 09:21 on Sun 7 Nov.

    2027-11-05T18:39:44Z → 2027-11-06T21:20:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:26–12:14 on the 6th, 11:26–12:14 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 0 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 7528 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gopāṣṭamī, Suva, 2027: Saturday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Gopāṣṭamī 2027 falls on Saturday 6 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:40 on Sat 6 Nov to 09:21 on Sun 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2027/gopashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 6 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:40 → 14:2112:1248 min12:1248 min5 Nov
Chicago13:40 → 16:2112:100 min12:1048 min6 Nov
Jersey City14:40 → 17:2112:160 min12:1648 min6 Nov
Port of Spain14:40 → 17:2111:260 min11:2648 min6 Nov
London18:40 → 21:2111:200 min11:2048 min6 Nov
Durban20:40 → 23:2111:160 min11:1648 min6 Nov
Dubai22:40 → 01:2111:380 min11:3848 min6 Nov
Delhi00:10 → 02:5111:400 min11:4148 min6 Nov
Kolkata00:10 → 02:5110:560 min10:5648 min6 Nov
Singapore02:40 → 05:2112:240 min12:2448 min6 Nov
Sydney05:40 → 08:2112:150 min12:1548 min6 Nov
Suva06:40 → 09:2111:260 min11:2648 min6 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