Midday of Tuesday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2008
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 330 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 8 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 03:52 on Tue 7 Oct to 06:11 on Wed 8 Oct.
2008-10-06T19:52:03Z → 2008-10-07T22:11:21Z
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 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 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 19802 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2008: Tuesday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2008 falls on Tuesday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:52 on Tue 7 Oct to 06:11 on Wed 8 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 7 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:52 → 15:11 | 12:17 | 13 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 14:52 → 17:11 | 12:14 | 0 min | 12:14 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Jersey City | 15:52 → 18:11 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 15:52 → 18:11 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| London | 20:52 → 23:11 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Durban | 21:52 → 00:11 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Dubai | 23:52 → 02:11 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 01:22 → 03:41 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 01:22 → 03:41 | 11:00 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 03:52 → 06:11 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:28 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 06:52 → 09:11 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:19 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 07:52 → 10:11 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 7 Oct |