Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2001

Wednesday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 573 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 23 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 22:00 on Tue 23 Oct to 00:04 on Thu 25 Oct.

    2001-10-23T13:59:31Z → 2001-10-24T16:04:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd, 11:38–12:26 on the 24th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 34396 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2001: Wednesday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2001 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:00 on Tue 23 Oct to 00:04 on Thu 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:00 → 09:0412:1348 min12:130 min23 Oct
Chicago09:00 → 11:0412:1148 min12:100 min23 Oct
Jersey City10:00 → 12:0412:1648 min12:160 min23 Oct
Port of Spain10:00 → 12:0411:2648 min11:2638 min24 Oct
London15:00 → 17:0412:200 min12:2048 min24 Oct
Durban16:00 → 18:0411:160 min11:1648 min24 Oct
Dubai18:00 → 20:0411:390 min11:3948 min24 Oct
Delhi19:30 → 21:3411:410 min11:4148 min24 Oct
Kolkata19:30 → 21:3410:570 min10:5748 min24 Oct
Singapore22:00 → 00:0412:250 min12:2548 min24 Oct
Sydney00:00 → 02:0411:160 min11:1648 min24 Oct
Suva02:00 → 04:0411:270 min11:2748 min24 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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