Midday of Monday 29 September
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1930
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 26 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 29 September
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 30 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
2 of 48 minutes covered, the first 2
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 10:18 on Mon 29 Sep to 11:47 on Tue 30 Sep.
1930-09-29T02:17:55Z → 1930-09-30T03:46:34Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 29th, 11:44–12:32 on the 30th.
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 29th and 2 of 48 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 146 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1930: Tuesday 30 September.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1930 falls on Tuesday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:18 on Mon 29 Sep to 11:47 on Tue 30 Sep and covers 2 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 2 min 26 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 30 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 30 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 30 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 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:18 → 19:47 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Chicago | 20:18 → 21:47 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Jersey City | 21:18 → 22:47 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 22:18 → 23:47 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| London | 03:18 → 04:47 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Durban | 04:18 → 05:47 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Dubai | 06:18 → 07:47 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Delhi | 07:48 → 09:17 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Kolkata | 07:48 → 09:17 | 11:03 | 48 min | 11:03 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Singapore | 09:18 → 10:47 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Sydney | 12:18 → 13:47 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Suva | 14:18 → 15:47 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 30 Sep |