Midday of Tuesday 16 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:40 12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1923
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 247 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 16 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 17 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:23 on Tue 16 Oct to 16:34 on Wed 17 Oct.
1923-10-16T09:23:28Z → 1923-10-17T08:34:15Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 16th, 11:40–12:28 on the 17th.
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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.
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 14804 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1923: Wednesday 17 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1923 falls on Wednesday 17 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:23 on Tue 16 Oct to 16:34 on Wed 17 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 17 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 17 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 17 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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:23 → 00:34 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:23 → 02:34 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:23 → 03:34 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:23 → 04:34 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| London | 09:23 → 08:34 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Durban | 11:23 → 10:34 | 11:18 | 42 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:23 → 12:34 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:53 → 14:04 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:53 → 14:04 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Singapore | 16:23 → 15:34 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Sydney | 19:23 → 18:34 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Suva | 21:23 → 20:34 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 17 Oct |