Midday of Tuesday 19 October
Qualifies with 40 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:08 12:56 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:16:03
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44
40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1920
Determinatein Algiers, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 7 min 36 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 19 October
Qualifies with 40 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40
Midday of Wednesday 20 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:16 on Tue 19 Oct to 14:37 on Wed 20 Oct.
1920-10-19T11:16:03Z → 1920-10-20T13:36:50Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 19th, 12:08–12:56 on the 20th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 40 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 456 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Algiers, 1920: Wednesday 20 October.
confidence: determinate
In Algiers, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1920 falls on Wednesday 20 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:16 on Tue 19 Oct to 14:37 on Wed 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 40 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 20 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Algiers. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:16 → 05:37 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 06:16 → 08:37 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 07:16 → 09:37 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:16 → 09:37 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 12:16 → 14:37 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 13:16 → 15:37 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Dubai | 15:16 → 17:37 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:46 → 19:07 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:46 → 19:07 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:16 → 20:37 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:16 → 23:37 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 23:16 → 01:37 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 20 Oct |