Midday of Thursday 3 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:43 12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1946
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 282 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 3 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 4 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 04:40 on Thu 3 Oct to 07:01 on Fri 4 Oct.
1946-10-02T20:39:38Z → 1946-10-03T23:00:54Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 3rd, 11:43–12:31 on the 4th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.
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 16916 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1946: Thursday 3 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1946 falls on Thursday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:40 on Thu 3 Oct to 07:01 on Fri 4 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 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 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:40 → 15:01 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:40 → 17:01 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:40 → 18:01 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 16:40 → 19:01 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 21:40 → 00:01 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Durban | 22:40 → 01:01 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 00:40 → 03:01 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 02:10 → 04:31 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 02:10 → 04:31 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:02 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Singapore | 04:10 → 06:31 | 12:00 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:40 → 09:01 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Suva | 08:40 → 11:01 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 3 Oct |