Midday of Monday 27 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 13:01:57
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1971
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 29 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 27 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 28 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 13:02 on Mon 27 Sep to 13:22 on Tue 28 Sep.
1971-09-27T05:01:58Z → 1971-09-28T05:21:41Z
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 1730 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1971: Tuesday 28 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1971 falls on Tuesday 28 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:02 on Mon 27 Sep to 13:22 on Tue 28 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 28 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 28 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 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 | 22:02 → 22:22 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Chicago | 00:02 → 00:22 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Jersey City | 01:02 → 01:22 | 12:23 | 48 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 01:02 → 01:22 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| London | 06:02 → 06:22 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Durban | 07:02 → 07:22 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Dubai | 09:02 → 09:22 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Delhi | 10:32 → 10:52 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Kolkata | 10:32 → 10:52 | 11:04 | 48 min | 11:03 | 0 min | 27 Sep |
| Singapore | 12:32 → 12:52 | 12:02 | 18 min | 12:02 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Sydney | 15:02 → 15:22 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 28 Sep |
| Suva | 17:02 → 17:22 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 28 Sep |