Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2034

Friday 20 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 184 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 20 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 21 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 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 07:21 on Fri 20 Oct to 08:35 on Sat 21 Oct.

    2034-10-19T23:21:04Z → 2034-10-21T00:34:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 20th, 11:39–12:27 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 11014 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2034: Friday 20 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2034 falls on Friday 20 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:21 on Fri 20 Oct to 08:35 on Sat 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:21 → 17:3512:140 min12:130 min20 Oct
Chicago18:21 → 19:3512:110 min12:110 min20 Oct
Jersey City19:21 → 20:3512:170 min12:170 min20 Oct
Port of Spain19:21 → 20:3511:270 min11:270 min20 Oct
London00:21 → 01:3512:210 min12:210 min20 Oct
Durban01:21 → 02:3511:170 min11:170 min20 Oct
Dubai03:21 → 04:3511:400 min11:390 min20 Oct
Delhi04:51 → 06:0511:420 min11:420 min20 Oct
Kolkata04:51 → 06:0510:570 min10:570 min20 Oct
Singapore07:21 → 08:3512:260 min12:250 min20 Oct
Sydney10:21 → 11:3512:160 min12:160 min20 Oct
Suva11:21 → 12:3511:270 min11:2748 min21 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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