Midday of Wednesday 28 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:44 12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2044
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 586 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 28 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 29 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 22:19 on Wed 28 Sep to 00:45 on Fri 30 Sep.
2044-09-28T14:18:47Z → 2044-09-29T16:44:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 28th, 11:44–12:32 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 35182 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2044: Thursday 29 September.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2044 falls on Thursday 29 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:19 on Wed 28 Sep to 00:45 on Fri 30 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 29 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 29 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 29 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Madhyāhna 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 07:19 → 09:45 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| Chicago | 09:19 → 11:45 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 28 Sep |
| Jersey City | 10:19 → 12:45 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 23 min | 29 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 10:19 → 12:45 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| London | 15:19 → 17:45 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Durban | 16:19 → 18:45 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Dubai | 18:19 → 20:45 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Delhi | 19:49 → 22:15 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Kolkata | 19:49 → 22:15 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Singapore | 22:19 → 00:45 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Sydney | 00:19 → 02:45 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 29 Sep |
| Suva | 02:19 → 04:45 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 29 Sep |