Midday of Saturday 7 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) · 1989
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 483 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 7 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 8 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:33 on Sat 7 Oct to 21:01 on Sun 8 Oct.
1989-10-07T12:32:48Z → 1989-10-08T13:00:33Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 7th, 11:41–12:29 on the 8th.
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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.
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 28981 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1989: Sunday 8 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1989 falls on Sunday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:33 on Sat 7 Oct to 21:01 on Sun 8 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 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 | 05:33 → 06:01 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:33 → 08:01 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:33 → 09:01 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 08:33 → 09:01 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| London | 13:33 → 14:01 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 14:33 → 15:01 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 16:33 → 17:01 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 18:03 → 18:31 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 18:03 → 18:31 | 11:00 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:33 → 21:01 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:28 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 22:33 → 23:01 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 00:33 → 01:01 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 8 Oct |