Midday of Monday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:43 12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1927
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 547 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 4 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:39 on Mon 3 Oct to 22:12 on Tue 4 Oct.
1927-10-03T13:38:44Z → 1927-10-04T14:12:01Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 3rd, 11:43–12:31 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.
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 32848 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1927: Tuesday 4 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1927 falls on Tuesday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:39 on Mon 3 Oct to 22:12 on Tue 4 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 4 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 4 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 4 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 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:39 → 06:12 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:39 → 08:12 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:39 → 09:12 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:39 → 10:12 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 13:39 → 14:12 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 15:39 → 16:12 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 17:39 → 18:12 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 19:09 → 19:42 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 19:09 → 19:42 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:01 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:39 → 21:12 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:39 → 00:12 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Suva | 01:39 → 02:12 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 4 Oct |