Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1934

Tuesday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 122 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 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

Midday of Tuesday 16 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 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 16:26 on Mon 15 Oct to 14:29 on Tue 16 Oct.

    1934-10-15T08:25:50Z → 1934-10-16T06:29:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 15th, 11:40–12:28 on the 16th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 7294 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1934: Tuesday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1934 falls on Tuesday 16 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:26 on Mon 15 Oct to 14:29 on Tue 16 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1934/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:26 → 22:2911:1548 min11:140 min15 Oct
Chicago02:26 → 00:2911:1248 min11:120 min15 Oct
Jersey City03:26 → 01:2911:1848 min11:180 min15 Oct
Port of Spain04:26 → 02:2911:2848 min11:280 min15 Oct
London08:26 → 06:2911:2248 min11:220 min15 Oct
Durban10:26 → 08:2911:1848 min11:180 min15 Oct
Dubai12:26 → 10:2911:413 min11:400 min15 Oct
Delhi13:56 → 11:5911:430 min11:4317 min16 Oct
Kolkata13:56 → 11:5910:580 min10:5848 min16 Oct
Singapore15:46 → 13:4911:470 min11:4648 min16 Oct
Sydney18:26 → 16:2911:170 min11:1748 min16 Oct
Suva20:26 → 18:2911:280 min11:2848 min16 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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