Midday of Wednesday 30 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:24 12:12 madhyāhna ends
10:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:00
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2052
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 30 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 31 October
Qualifies with 21 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
21 of 48 minutes covered, the first 21
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:24 on Wed 30 Oct to 11:45 on Thu 31 Oct.
2052-10-30T06:53:59Z → 2052-10-31T08:15:09Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:24–12:12 on the 30th, 11:24–12:12 on the 31st.
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 30th and 21 of 48 on the 31st.
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 1284 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Tehran, 2052: Wednesday 30 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Gopāṣṭamī 2052 falls on Wednesday 30 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:24 on Wed 30 Oct to 11:45 on Thu 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 21 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 | Wed 30 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 30 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 30 Oct |
| 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 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:54 → 01:15 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:54 → 03:15 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:54 → 04:15 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 02:54 → 04:15 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| London | 06:54 → 08:15 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Durban | 08:54 → 10:15 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Dubai | 10:54 → 12:15 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 37 min | 30 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:24 → 13:45 | 11:41 | 5 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:24 → 13:45 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Singapore | 14:54 → 16:15 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:54 → 19:15 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 31 Oct |
| Suva | 18:54 → 20:15 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 31 Oct |