Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1961

Tuesday 17 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 616 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 Tuesday 17 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 18 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 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 01:24 on Tue 17 Oct to 23:40 on Tue 17 Oct.

    1961-10-16T17:23:39Z → 1961-10-17T15:40:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 17th, 11:39–12:27 on the 18th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 36942 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1961: Tuesday 17 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1961 falls on Tuesday 17 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:24 on Tue 17 Oct to 23:40 on Tue 17 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1961/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:24 → 07:4011:1448 min11:140 min16 Oct
Chicago12:24 → 10:4012:1236 min12:120 min16 Oct
Jersey City13:24 → 11:4012:180 min12:170 min17 Oct
Port of Spain13:24 → 11:4011:280 min11:2713 min17 Oct
London18:24 → 16:4012:220 min12:2248 min17 Oct
Durban19:24 → 17:4011:180 min11:1848 min17 Oct
Dubai21:24 → 19:4011:400 min11:4048 min17 Oct
Delhi22:54 → 21:1011:430 min11:4248 min17 Oct
Kolkata22:54 → 21:1010:580 min10:5848 min17 Oct
Singapore00:54 → 23:1011:560 min11:5648 min17 Oct
Sydney03:24 → 01:4011:170 min11:1748 min17 Oct
Suva05:24 → 03:4011:280 min11:2848 min17 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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