Midday of Thursday 8 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1970
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 618 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 8 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 9 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 01:23 on Thu 8 Oct to 23:55 on Thu 8 Oct.
1970-10-07T17:23:14Z → 1970-10-08T15:55:17Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 8th, 11:41–12:29 on the 9th.
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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.
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 37102 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1970: Thursday 8 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1970 falls on Thursday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:23 on Thu 8 Oct to 23:55 on Thu 8 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 8 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 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:23 → 08:55 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:23 → 10:55 | 12:14 | 39 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:23 → 11:55 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 13:23 → 11:55 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 26 min | 8 Oct |
| London | 18:23 → 16:55 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 19:23 → 17:55 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 21:23 → 19:55 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:53 → 21:25 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:53 → 21:25 | 11:00 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:53 → 23:25 | 11:59 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:23 → 01:55 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 05:23 → 03:55 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 8 Oct |