Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1953

Friday 16 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 291 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 15 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 16 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 18:00 on Thu 15 Oct to 17:18 on Fri 16 Oct.

    1953-10-15T10:00:05Z → 1953-10-16T09:18:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 15th, 11:40–12:28 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 17442 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1953: Friday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1953 falls on Friday 16 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:00 on Thu 15 Oct to 17:18 on Fri 16 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:00 → 01:1811:1548 min11:140 min15 Oct
Chicago04:00 → 03:1811:1248 min11:120 min15 Oct
Jersey City05:00 → 04:1811:1848 min11:180 min15 Oct
Port of Spain06:00 → 05:1811:2848 min11:280 min15 Oct
London10:00 → 09:1811:2248 min11:220 min15 Oct
Durban12:00 → 11:1811:186 min11:181 min16 Oct
Dubai14:00 → 13:1811:400 min11:4048 min16 Oct
Delhi15:30 → 14:4811:430 min11:4348 min16 Oct
Kolkata15:30 → 14:4810:580 min10:5848 min16 Oct
Singapore17:30 → 16:4811:570 min11:5648 min16 Oct
Sydney20:00 → 19:1811:170 min11:1748 min16 Oct
Suva22:00 → 21:1811:280 min11:2848 min16 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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