Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1949

Thursday 29 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 661 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 29 September

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 30 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

0 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 00:43 on Thu 29 Sep to 00:04 on Fri 30 Sep.

    1949-09-28T16:43:03Z → 1949-09-29T16:04:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 29th, 11:44–12:32 on the 30th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 39677 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1949: Thursday 29 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1949 falls on Thursday 29 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:43 on Thu 29 Sep to 00:04 on Fri 30 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 Sep
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:43 → 08:0411:1948 min11:190 min28 Sep
Chicago10:43 → 10:0411:1748 min11:170 min28 Sep
Jersey City11:43 → 11:0411:2328 min11:220 min28 Sep
Port of Spain12:43 → 12:0411:330 min11:3232 min29 Sep
London17:43 → 17:0412:270 min12:2648 min29 Sep
Durban18:43 → 18:0411:230 min11:2348 min29 Sep
Dubai20:43 → 20:0411:450 min11:4548 min29 Sep
Delhi22:13 → 21:3411:480 min11:4748 min29 Sep
Kolkata22:13 → 21:3411:030 min11:0348 min29 Sep
Singapore00:13 → 23:3412:010 min12:0148 min29 Sep
Sydney02:43 → 02:0411:220 min11:2248 min29 Sep
Suva04:43 → 04:0411:330 min11:3348 min29 Sep
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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