Midday of Friday 9 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:41 12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1959
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 621 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 9 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 10 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 01:20 on Fri 9 Oct to 23:32 on Fri 9 Oct.
1959-10-08T17:19:57Z → 1959-10-09T15:31:30Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 9th, 11:41–12:29 on the 10th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.
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 37288 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1959: Friday 9 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1959 falls on Friday 9 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:20 on Fri 9 Oct to 23:32 on Fri 9 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 9 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 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 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:20 → 07:32 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:20 → 10:32 | 12:14 | 42 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:20 → 11:32 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 13:20 → 11:32 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:29 | 2 min | 9 Oct |
| London | 17:20 → 15:32 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Durban | 19:20 → 17:32 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Dubai | 21:20 → 19:32 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:50 → 21:02 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:50 → 21:02 | 11:00 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:50 → 23:02 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:20 → 01:32 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Suva | 05:20 → 03:32 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 9 Oct |