Midday of Tuesday 27 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1960
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 27 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 28 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:18 on Tue 27 Sep to 20:06 on Wed 28 Sep.
1960-09-27T14:17:55Z → 1960-09-28T12:06:17Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 27th, 11:45–12:33 on the 28th.
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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.
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 27224 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1960: Wednesday 28 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1960 falls on Wednesday 28 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:18 on Tue 27 Sep to 20:06 on Wed 28 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 28 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 28 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 28 Sep |
| 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 27th | Covered | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 06:18 → 04:06 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Chicago | 09:18 → 07:06 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Jersey City | 10:18 → 08:06 | 12:23 | 48 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 10:18 → 08:06 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| London | 15:18 → 13:06 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 40 min | 28 Sep |
| Durban | 16:18 → 14:06 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Dubai | 18:18 → 16:06 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Delhi | 19:48 → 17:36 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Kolkata | 19:48 → 17:36 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Singapore | 21:48 → 19:36 | 12:02 | 0 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Sydney | 00:18 → 22:06 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Suva | 02:18 → 00:06 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 28 Sep |