Midday of Thursday 14 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:40 12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2010
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 14 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 15 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:43 on Thu 14 Oct to 18:21 on Fri 15 Oct.
2010-10-14T08:43:21Z → 2010-10-15T10:20:55Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 14th, 11:40–12:28 on the 15th.
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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.
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 15322 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2010: Friday 15 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2010 falls on Friday 15 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:43 on Thu 14 Oct to 18:21 on Fri 15 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 15 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 15 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 15 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 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:43 → 03:21 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:43 → 05:21 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:43 → 06:21 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:43 → 06:21 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| London | 09:43 → 11:21 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 14 Oct |
| Durban | 10:43 → 12:21 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 15 Oct |
| Dubai | 12:43 → 14:21 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 15 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:13 → 15:51 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 15 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:13 → 15:51 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 15 Oct |
| Singapore | 16:43 → 18:21 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 15 Oct |
| Sydney | 19:43 → 21:21 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 15 Oct |
| Suva | 20:43 → 22:21 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 15 Oct |