Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2035

Tuesday 9 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 277 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 Tuesday 9 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 10 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 04:34 on Tue 9 Oct to 07:04 on Wed 10 Oct.

    2035-10-08T20:33:43Z → 2035-10-09T23:03:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 9th, 11:41–12:29 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 16627 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2035: Tuesday 9 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2035 falls on Tuesday 9 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 04:34 on Tue 9 Oct to 07:04 on Wed 10 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2035/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:34 → 16:0412:160 min12:1648 min9 Oct
Chicago15:34 → 18:0412:140 min12:1448 min9 Oct
Jersey City16:34 → 19:0412:200 min12:1948 min9 Oct
Port of Spain16:34 → 19:0411:300 min11:2948 min9 Oct
London21:34 → 00:0412:240 min12:2348 min9 Oct
Durban22:34 → 01:0411:200 min11:1948 min9 Oct
Dubai00:34 → 03:0411:420 min11:4248 min9 Oct
Delhi02:04 → 04:3411:450 min11:4448 min9 Oct
Kolkata02:04 → 04:3411:000 min11:0048 min9 Oct
Singapore04:34 → 07:0412:280 min12:2848 min9 Oct
Sydney07:34 → 10:0412:190 min12:1948 min9 Oct
Suva08:34 → 11:0411:300 min11:3048 min9 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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