Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1947

Wednesday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 449 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 21 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:39  13:27 madhyāhna ends
11:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:39  13:27 madhyāhna ends
11:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:5114:15

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 20:56 on Tue 21 Oct to 23:25 on Wed 22 Oct.

    1947-10-21T11:55:33Z → 1947-10-22T14:25:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:39–13:27 on the 21st, 12:39–13:27 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 26931 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1947: Wednesday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1947 falls on Wednesday 22 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:56 on Tue 21 Oct to 23:25 on Wed 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:56 → 06:2511:1348 min11:130 min21 Oct
Chicago05:56 → 08:2511:1148 min11:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City06:56 → 09:2511:1748 min11:170 min21 Oct
Port of Spain07:56 → 10:2511:2748 min11:270 min21 Oct
London12:56 → 15:2512:2113 min12:2148 min22 Oct
Durban13:56 → 16:2511:170 min11:1748 min22 Oct
Dubai15:56 → 18:2511:390 min11:3948 min22 Oct
Delhi17:26 → 19:5511:420 min11:4248 min22 Oct
Kolkata17:26 → 19:5510:570 min10:5748 min22 Oct
Singapore19:26 → 21:5511:550 min11:5548 min22 Oct
Sydney21:56 → 00:2511:160 min11:1648 min22 Oct
Suva23:56 → 02:2511:270 min11:2748 min22 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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