Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1956

Friday 12 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 64 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 11 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 12 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 13:33 on Thu 11 Oct to 15:58 on Fri 12 Oct.

    1956-10-11T05:32:52Z → 1956-10-12T07:58:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 11th, 11:40–12:28 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 3850 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1956: Friday 12 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1956 falls on Friday 12 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:33 on Thu 11 Oct to 15:58 on Fri 12 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 12 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 12 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:33 → 23:5811:1548 min11:150 min11 Oct
Chicago00:33 → 02:5812:1348 min12:130 min11 Oct
Jersey City01:33 → 03:5812:1948 min12:180 min11 Oct
Port of Spain01:33 → 03:5811:2948 min11:280 min11 Oct
London05:33 → 07:5811:2348 min11:230 min11 Oct
Durban07:33 → 09:5811:1948 min11:190 min11 Oct
Dubai09:33 → 11:5811:4148 min11:4117 min12 Oct
Delhi11:03 → 13:2811:4448 min11:4348 min12 Oct
Kolkata11:03 → 13:2810:5944 min10:5948 min12 Oct
Singapore13:03 → 15:2811:570 min11:5748 min12 Oct
Sydney15:33 → 17:5811:180 min11:1848 min12 Oct
Suva17:33 → 19:5811:290 min11:2948 min12 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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