Midday of Thursday 9 October
Qualifies with 19 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:41 12:29 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:10:04
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17
19 of 48 minutes covered, the last 19
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1902
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 9 October
Qualifies with 19 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
19 of 48 minutes covered, the last 19
Midday of Friday 10 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:10 on Thu 9 Oct to 14:27 on Fri 10 Oct.
1902-10-09T04:10:05Z → 1902-10-10T06:27:10Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 9th, 11:41–12:29 on the 10th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 19 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.
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 1163 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1902: Friday 10 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1902 falls on Friday 10 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:10 on Thu 9 Oct to 14:27 on Fri 10 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 19 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 10 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 10 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 10 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Madhyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:10 → 22:27 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:10 → 00:27 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:10 → 01:27 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 00:10 → 02:27 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| London | 04:10 → 06:27 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Durban | 05:40 → 07:57 | 10:50 | 48 min | 10:49 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:51 → 10:08 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:31 → 11:48 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 13 min | 10 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:31 → 11:48 | 10:51 | 48 min | 10:51 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:05 → 13:22 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:10 → 16:27 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Suva | 16:05 → 18:22 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 10 Oct |