Midday of Friday 16 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:40 13:28 madhyāhna ends
11:5212:1612:4013:0413:2813:5214:16
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1942
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 332 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 16 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 17 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:01 on Fri 16 Oct to 19:00 on Sat 17 Oct.
1942-10-16T12:00:39Z → 1942-10-17T09:59:41Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:40–13:28 on the 16th, 12:39–13:27 on the 17th.
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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.
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 19934 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1942: Saturday 17 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1942 falls on Saturday 17 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:01 on Fri 16 Oct to 19:00 on Sat 17 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 17 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 17 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 17 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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:01 → 03:00 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:01 → 05:00 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:01 → 06:00 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:01 → 07:00 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| London | 13:01 → 11:00 | 12:22 | 9 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 16 Oct |
| Durban | 15:01 → 13:00 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 42 min | 17 Oct |
| Dubai | 16:01 → 14:00 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Delhi | 18:31 → 16:30 | 12:43 | 0 min | 12:42 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Kolkata | 18:31 → 16:30 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Singapore | 21:01 → 19:00 | 13:26 | 0 min | 13:26 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:01 → 21:00 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 17 Oct |
| Suva | 00:01 → 22:00 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 17 Oct |