Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1926

Thursday 14 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 39 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 14 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:00:48
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 15 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 11:01 on Thu 14 Oct to 09:46 on Fri 15 Oct.

    1926-10-14T03:00:48Z → 1926-10-15T01:45:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 14th, 11:40–12:28 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 2360 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1926: Thursday 14 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1926 falls on Thursday 14 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:01 on Thu 14 Oct to 09:46 on Fri 15 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:01 → 17:4611:1548 min11:150 min14 Oct
Chicago21:01 → 19:4611:1248 min11:120 min14 Oct
Jersey City22:01 → 20:4611:1848 min11:180 min14 Oct
Port of Spain23:01 → 21:4611:2848 min11:280 min14 Oct
London03:01 → 01:4611:2248 min11:220 min14 Oct
Durban05:01 → 03:4611:1848 min11:180 min14 Oct
Dubai07:01 → 05:4611:4148 min11:410 min14 Oct
Delhi08:31 → 07:1611:4348 min11:430 min14 Oct
Kolkata08:31 → 07:1610:5948 min10:580 min14 Oct
Singapore10:01 → 08:4611:2748 min11:270 min14 Oct
Sydney13:01 → 11:4611:180 min11:1828 min15 Oct
Suva15:01 → 13:4611:290 min11:2948 min15 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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