Midday of Monday 1 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1984
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 1 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 2 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 17:51 on Mon 1 Oct to 18:05 on Tue 2 Oct.
1984-10-01T09:51:17Z → 1984-10-02T10:04:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 1st, 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd.
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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.
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 19186 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1984: Tuesday 2 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1984 falls on Tuesday 2 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:51 on Mon 1 Oct to 18:05 on Tue 2 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 2 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 2 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 2 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 1st | Covered | Madhyāhna 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:51 → 03:05 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 04:51 → 05:05 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 05:51 → 06:05 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:51 → 06:05 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| London | 10:51 → 11:05 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 11:51 → 12:05 | 11:22 | 18 min | 11:21 | 43 min | 2 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:51 → 14:05 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:21 → 15:35 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:21 → 15:35 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:02 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Singapore | 17:51 → 18:05 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:30 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Sydney | 19:51 → 20:05 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 21:51 → 22:05 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 2 Oct |