Midday of Saturday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1962
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 193 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 15:55 on Sat 6 Oct to 15:43 on Sun 7 Oct.
1962-10-06T07:54:38Z → 1962-10-07T07:43:01Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 6th, 11:42–12:30 on the 7th.
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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 11586 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1962: Sunday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1962 falls on Sunday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:55 on Sat 6 Oct to 15:43 on Sun 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 7 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:55 → 00:43 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:55 → 02:43 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:55 → 03:43 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:55 → 03:43 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 08:55 → 08:43 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 09:55 → 09:43 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:55 → 11:43 | 11:43 | 36 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:25 → 13:13 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:25 → 13:13 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:25 → 15:13 | 11:59 | 0 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:55 → 17:43 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 19:55 → 19:43 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 7 Oct |