Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2041

Thursday 3 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 621 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 Wednesday 2 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 3 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

48 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 00:03 on Thu 3 Oct to 22:52 on Thu 3 Oct.

    2041-10-02T16:03:22Z → 2041-10-03T14:52:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd, 11:43–12:31 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 37281 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2041: Thursday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2041 falls on Thursday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:03 on Thu 3 Oct to 22:52 on Thu 3 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2041/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:03 → 07:5212:1848 min12:180 min2 Oct
Chicago11:03 → 09:5212:1548 min12:150 min2 Oct
Jersey City12:03 → 10:5212:2148 min12:210 min2 Oct
Port of Spain12:03 → 10:5211:3116 min11:310 min2 Oct
London17:03 → 15:5212:250 min12:2548 min3 Oct
Durban18:03 → 16:5211:210 min11:2148 min3 Oct
Dubai20:03 → 18:5211:440 min11:4448 min3 Oct
Delhi21:33 → 20:2211:460 min11:4648 min3 Oct
Kolkata21:33 → 20:2211:020 min11:0148 min3 Oct
Singapore00:03 → 22:5212:300 min12:3048 min3 Oct
Sydney02:03 → 00:5211:210 min11:2148 min3 Oct
Suva04:03 → 02:5211:320 min11:3248 min3 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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