Midday of Sunday 1 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:42:16
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 1995
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 29 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 1 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 2 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:42 on Sun 1 Oct to 09:30 on Mon 2 Oct.
1995-10-01T03:42:16Z → 1995-10-02T01:29:50Z
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 48 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 0 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 89 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1995: Sunday 1 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1995 falls on Sunday 1 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:42 on Sun 1 Oct to 09:30 on Mon 2 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 29 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 1 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 1 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 1 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 | 20:42 → 18:30 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:42 → 20:30 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:42 → 21:30 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:42 → 21:30 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| London | 04:42 → 02:30 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 05:42 → 03:30 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:42 → 05:30 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:12 → 07:00 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:12 → 07:00 | 11:02 | 48 min | 11:02 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:42 → 09:30 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:42 → 11:30 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 9 min | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 15:42 → 13:30 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 2 Oct |