Midday of Saturday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2046
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 247 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:37 on Sat 6 Oct to 16:57 on Sun 7 Oct.
2046-10-06T08:37:22Z → 2046-10-07T08:57:04Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 6th, 11:42–12:30 on the 7th.
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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 14838 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2046: Sunday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2046 falls on Sunday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:37 on Sat 6 Oct to 16:57 on Sun 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 7 Oct |
| 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:37 → 01:57 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:37 → 03:57 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:37 → 04:57 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:37 → 04:57 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 09:37 → 09:57 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 10:37 → 10:57 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 12:37 → 12:57 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 14:07 → 14:27 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 14:07 → 14:27 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 16:37 → 16:57 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:37 → 19:57 | 11:20 | 0 min | 12:19 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 20:37 → 20:57 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 7 Oct |