Midday of Wednesday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:42 13:30 madhyāhna ends
11:5412:1812:4213:0613:3013:5414:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1943
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 163 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:01 on Wed 6 Oct to 16:13 on Thu 7 Oct.
1943-10-06T09:01:08Z → 1943-10-07T07:13:26Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:42–13:30 on the 6th, 12:42–13:30 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 9804 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1943: Thursday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1943 falls on Thursday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:01 on Wed 6 Oct to 16:13 on Thu 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 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 | 02:01 → 00:13 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:01 → 02:13 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:01 → 03:13 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 06:01 → 04:13 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 10:01 → 08:13 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 12:01 → 10:13 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:01 → 11:13 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:31 → 13:43 | 12:45 | 0 min | 12:45 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:31 → 13:43 | 12:01 | 0 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:01 → 16:13 | 13:29 | 0 min | 13:29 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:01 → 18:13 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 21:01 → 19:13 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 7 Oct |