Midday of Wednesday 2 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 12:32 13:20 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:25:57
11:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:08
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gopāṣṭamī · 2011
Boundaryin Xining, 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 2 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 3 November
Qualifies with 29 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
29 of 48 minutes covered, the first 29
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:26 on Wed 2 Nov to 13:01 on Thu 3 Nov.
2011-11-02T04:25:57Z → 2011-11-03T05:01:11Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:32–13:20 on the 2nd, 12:32–13:20 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 29 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 382 s
Ruling
Gopāṣṭamī, Xining, 2011: Wednesday 2 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Xining, Gopāṣṭamī 2011 falls on Wednesday 2 November. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:26 on Wed 2 Nov to 13:01 on Thu 3 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 29 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 2 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 2 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 2 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Xining. | ||
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 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:26 → 22:01 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:26 → 00:01 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:26 → 01:01 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 00:26 → 01:01 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| London | 04:26 → 05:01 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Durban | 06:26 → 07:01 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Dubai | 08:26 → 09:01 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Delhi | 09:56 → 10:31 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Kolkata | 09:56 → 10:31 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Singapore | 12:26 → 13:01 | 12:24 | 46 min | 12:24 | 37 min | 2 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:26 → 16:01 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 3 Nov |
| Suva | 17:26 → 18:01 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 3 Nov |