Midday of Sunday 7 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1951
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 386 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 7 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 8 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:06 on Sun 7 Oct to 18:56 on Mon 8 Oct.
1951-10-07T13:05:40Z → 1951-10-08T10:55:43Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 7th, 11:42–12:30 on the 8th.
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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.
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 23161 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1951: Monday 8 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1951 falls on Monday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:06 on Sun 7 Oct to 18:56 on Mon 8 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 8 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 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:06 → 02:56 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:06 → 04:56 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:06 → 05:56 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:06 → 06:56 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| London | 14:06 → 11:56 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 15:06 → 12:56 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 17:06 → 14:56 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 18:36 → 16:26 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 18:36 → 16:26 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:36 → 18:26 | 11:59 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:06 → 20:56 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 01:06 → 22:56 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 8 Oct |