Midday of Wednesday 6 November
Qualifies with 1 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:24 12:12 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:11:07
10:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:00
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 1940
Boundaryin Tehran, 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 Wednesday 6 November
Qualifies with 1 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
1 of 48 minutes covered, the last 1
Midday of Thursday 7 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:11 on Wed 6 Nov to 13:16 on Thu 7 Nov.
1940-11-06T08:41:07Z → 1940-11-07T09:46:16Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:24–12:12 on the 6th, 11:24–12:12 on the 7th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 1 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 41 s < 300 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Tehran, 1940: Thursday 7 November.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Gopāṣṭamī 1940 falls on Thursday 7 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:11 on Wed 6 Nov to 13:16 on Thu 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 1 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 0 min 41 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 7 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 7 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 7 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:41 → 01:46 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Chicago | 02:41 → 03:46 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Jersey City | 03:41 → 04:46 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 04:41 → 05:46 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| London | 09:41 → 10:46 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Durban | 10:41 → 11:46 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 30 min | 6 Nov |
| Dubai | 12:41 → 13:46 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Delhi | 14:11 → 15:16 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 14:11 → 15:16 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:01 → 17:06 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Sydney | 18:41 → 19:46 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Suva | 20:41 → 21:46 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 7 Nov |