Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1904

Sunday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 542 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 16 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 01:22 on Sun 16 Oct to 02:38 on Mon 17 Oct.

    1904-10-15T17:21:44Z → 1904-10-16T18:37:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 16th, 11:39–12:27 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 32504 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1904: Sunday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1904 falls on Sunday 16 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:22 on Sun 16 Oct to 02:38 on Mon 17 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1904/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:22 → 10:3811:1548 min11:140 min15 Oct
Chicago11:22 → 12:3811:1238 min11:1248 min16 Oct
Jersey City12:22 → 13:3811:180 min11:1848 min16 Oct
Port of Spain13:22 → 14:3811:280 min11:2848 min16 Oct
London17:22 → 18:3811:220 min11:2248 min16 Oct
Durban19:22 → 20:3811:180 min11:1848 min16 Oct
Dubai21:03 → 22:1911:220 min11:2148 min16 Oct
Delhi22:43 → 23:5911:340 min11:3448 min16 Oct
Kolkata22:43 → 23:5910:490 min10:4948 min16 Oct
Singapore00:17 → 01:3311:220 min11:2148 min16 Oct
Sydney03:22 → 04:3811:170 min11:1748 min16 Oct
Suva05:17 → 06:3311:230 min11:2348 min16 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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