Midday of Friday 31 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:24 12:12 madhyāhna ends
10:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:00
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2003
Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 441 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 31 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 1 November
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:26 on Fri 31 Oct to 19:33 on Sat 1 Nov.
2003-10-31T16:56:21Z → 2003-11-01T16:02:36Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:24–12:12 on the 31st, 11:24–12:12 on the 1st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.
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 26453 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Tehran, 2003: Saturday 1 November.
confidence: determinate
In Tehran, Gopāṣṭamī 2003 falls on Saturday 1 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:26 on Fri 31 Oct to 19:33 on Sat 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 1 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 1 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 1 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 31st | Covered | Madhyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:56 → 08:03 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:56 → 10:03 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:56 → 11:03 | 11:16 | 7 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 31 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:56 → 12:03 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 37 min | 1 Nov |
| London | 16:56 → 16:03 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Durban | 18:56 → 18:03 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Dubai | 20:56 → 20:03 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:26 → 21:33 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:26 → 21:33 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Singapore | 00:56 → 00:03 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Sydney | 03:56 → 03:03 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 1 Nov |
| Suva | 04:56 → 04:03 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 1 Nov |