Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2043

Sunday 11 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 469 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 11 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 Monday 12 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 02:10 on Sun 11 Oct to 03:51 on Mon 12 Oct.

    2043-10-10T18:10:15Z → 2043-10-11T19:51:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 11th, 11:40–12:28 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 28147 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2043: Sunday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2043 falls on Sunday 11 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:10 on Sun 11 Oct to 03:51 on Mon 12 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:10 → 12:5112:1648 min12:1536 min11 Oct
Chicago13:10 → 14:5112:130 min12:1348 min11 Oct
Jersey City14:10 → 15:5112:190 min12:1948 min11 Oct
Port of Spain14:10 → 15:5111:290 min11:2948 min11 Oct
London19:10 → 20:5112:230 min12:2348 min11 Oct
Durban20:10 → 21:5111:190 min11:1948 min11 Oct
Dubai22:10 → 23:5111:420 min11:4148 min11 Oct
Delhi23:40 → 01:2111:440 min11:4448 min11 Oct
Kolkata23:40 → 01:2111:000 min10:5948 min11 Oct
Singapore02:10 → 03:5112:280 min12:2748 min11 Oct
Sydney05:10 → 06:5112:190 min12:1848 min11 Oct
Suva06:10 → 07:5111:300 min11:2948 min11 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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