Midday of Sunday 5 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:31:59
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1924
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 10 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 5 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:32 on Sun 5 Oct to 09:32 on Mon 6 Oct.
1924-10-05T03:32:00Z → 1924-10-06T01:31:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 5th, 11:42–12:30 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.
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 625 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1924: Sunday 5 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1924 falls on Sunday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:32 on Sun 5 Oct to 09:32 on Mon 6 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:32 → 17:32 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 21:32 → 19:32 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 22:32 → 20:32 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:32 → 21:32 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 03:32 → 01:32 | 11:25 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 05:32 → 03:32 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:32 → 05:32 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:02 → 07:02 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:02 → 07:02 | 11:01 | 48 min | 11:01 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:32 → 08:32 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:32 → 11:32 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 12 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 15:32 → 13:32 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 6 Oct |