Midday of Thursday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1932
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 180 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:50 on Thu 6 Oct to 15:29 on Fri 7 Oct.
1932-10-06T08:50:17Z → 1932-10-07T07:29:29Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 6th, 11:42–12:30 on the 7th.
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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 10779 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1932: Friday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1932 falls on Friday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:50 on Thu 6 Oct to 15:29 on Fri 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:50 → 23:29 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:50 → 01:29 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:50 → 02:29 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:50 → 03:29 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 08:50 → 07:29 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 10:50 → 09:29 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 12:50 → 11:29 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:20 → 12:59 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:20 → 12:59 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:50 → 14:29 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:50 → 17:29 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 20:50 → 19:29 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 7 Oct |