Midday of Wednesday 27 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1922
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 372 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 27 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 28 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:45 on Wed 27 Sep to 18:46 on Thu 28 Sep.
1922-09-27T10:45:27Z → 1922-09-28T10:46:03Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 27th, 11:45–12:33 on the 28th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 22338 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1922: Thursday 28 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1922 falls on Thursday 28 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:45 on Wed 27 Sep to 18:46 on Thu 28 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 28 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 28 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 Sep |
| 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 27th | Covered | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:45 → 02:46 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Chicago | 04:45 → 04:46 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Jersey City | 05:45 → 05:46 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 06:45 → 06:46 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| London | 11:45 → 11:46 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Durban | 12:45 → 12:46 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Dubai | 14:45 → 14:46 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Delhi | 16:15 → 16:16 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Kolkata | 16:15 → 16:16 | 11:04 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Singapore | 17:45 → 17:46 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Sydney | 20:45 → 20:46 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Suva | 22:45 → 22:46 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 28 Sep |