Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2042

Wednesday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 613 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 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

Midday of Wednesday 22 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

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 22:56 on Tue 21 Oct to 22:39 on Wed 22 Oct.

    2042-10-21T14:56:27Z → 2042-10-22T14:38:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 21st, 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 36752 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2042: Wednesday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2042 falls on Wednesday 22 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:56 on Tue 21 Oct to 22:39 on Wed 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:56 → 07:3912:1348 min12:130 min21 Oct
Chicago09:56 → 09:3912:1148 min12:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City10:56 → 10:3912:1748 min12:160 min21 Oct
Port of Spain10:56 → 10:3911:2748 min11:260 min21 Oct
London15:56 → 15:3912:210 min12:2148 min22 Oct
Durban16:56 → 16:3911:170 min11:1748 min22 Oct
Dubai18:56 → 18:3911:390 min11:3948 min22 Oct
Delhi20:26 → 20:0911:420 min11:4148 min22 Oct
Kolkata20:26 → 20:0910:570 min10:5748 min22 Oct
Singapore22:56 → 22:3912:250 min12:2548 min22 Oct
Sydney01:56 → 01:3912:160 min12:1648 min22 Oct
Suva02:56 → 02:3911:270 min11:2748 min22 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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