Midday of Thursday 19 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1939
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 605 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 19 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 20 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:32 on Thu 19 Oct to 00:24 on Sat 21 Oct.
1939-10-19T14:32:05Z → 1939-10-20T16:23:56Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.
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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.
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 36300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1939: Friday 20 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1939 falls on Friday 20 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:32 on Thu 19 Oct to 00:24 on Sat 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 20 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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:32 → 08:24 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 08:32 → 10:24 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 09:32 → 11:24 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 7 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 10:32 → 12:24 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 15:32 → 17:24 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 16:32 → 18:24 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Dubai | 18:32 → 20:24 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Delhi | 20:02 → 21:54 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Kolkata | 20:02 → 21:54 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 21:52 → 23:44 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 00:32 → 02:24 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 02:32 → 04:24 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 20 Oct |