Midday of Saturday 1 October
Qualifies with 8 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:23:12
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
8 of 48 minutes covered, the last 8
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2033
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 23 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 1 October
Qualifies with 8 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
8 of 48 minutes covered, the last 8
Midday of Sunday 2 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:23 on Sat 1 Oct to 12:31 on Sun 2 Oct.
2033-10-01T04:23:13Z → 2033-10-02T04:30:49Z
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 8 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 23 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2033: Sunday 2 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2033 falls on Sunday 2 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:23 on Sat 1 Oct to 12:31 on Sun 2 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 8 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 0 min 23 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 2 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 2 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 2 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 | 21:23 → 21:31 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:23 → 23:31 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:23 → 00:31 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 00:23 → 00:31 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| London | 05:23 → 05:31 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 06:23 → 06:31 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 08:23 → 08:31 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:53 → 10:01 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:53 → 10:01 | 11:02 | 48 min | 11:02 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:23 → 12:31 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:30 | 1 min | 2 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:23 → 15:31 | 11:21 | 0 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 16:23 → 16:31 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 2 Oct |