Midday of Sunday 19 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:39 12:27 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:38:04
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2053
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 49 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 19 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 20 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:38 on Sun 19 Oct to 14:10 on Mon 20 Oct.
2053-10-19T03:38:05Z → 2053-10-20T06:10:08Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 19th, 11:39–12:27 on the 20th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 49 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2053: Monday 20 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2053 falls on Monday 20 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:38 on Sun 19 Oct to 14:10 on Mon 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 0 min 49 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 20 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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:38 → 23:10 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:38 → 01:10 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:38 → 02:10 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:38 → 02:10 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 04:38 → 07:10 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 05:38 → 08:10 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:38 → 10:10 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:08 → 11:40 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:08 → 11:40 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 43 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:38 → 14:10 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:38 → 17:10 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 15:38 → 18:10 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 20 Oct |