Midday of Thursday 11 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:15 13:03 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:19:56
11:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:51
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2021
Boundaryin Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 32 s away. Say “contested”.
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33°52′ S 151°12′ E · Australia/Sydney · GeoNames 2147714
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 11 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Midday of Friday 12 November
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:20 on Thu 11 Nov to 11:22 on Fri 12 Nov.
2021-11-11T01:19:56Z → 2021-11-12T00:21:42Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:15–13:03 on the 11th, 12:16–13:04 on the 12th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 43 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 272 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Sydney, 2021: Thursday 11 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Sydney, Gopāṣṭamī 2021 falls on Thursday 11 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:20 on Thu 11 Nov to 11:22 on Fri 12 Nov and covers 43 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 32 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 11 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 11 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 11 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Sydney. | ||
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 11th | Covered | Madhyāhna 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:20 → 16:22 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:20 → 18:22 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:20 → 19:22 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:20 → 20:22 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| London | 01:20 → 00:22 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Durban | 03:20 → 02:22 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:20 → 04:22 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:50 → 05:52 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:50 → 05:52 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Singapore | 09:20 → 08:22 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Sydney | 12:20 → 11:22 | 12:15 | 43 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 11 Nov |
| Suva | 13:20 → 12:22 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 12 Nov |