Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2058

Friday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 minutes.

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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 Thursday 24 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 25 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:12:32
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

34 of 48 minutes covered, the first 34

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 14:18 on Thu 24 Oct to 12:13 on Fri 25 Oct.

    2058-10-24T06:17:37Z → 2058-10-25T04:12:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 24th, 11:38–12:26 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 34 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 810 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2058: Friday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2058 falls on Friday 25 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:18 on Thu 24 Oct to 12:13 on Fri 25 Oct and covers 34 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2058/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:18 → 21:1312:1348 min12:130 min24 Oct
Chicago01:18 → 23:1312:1148 min12:100 min24 Oct
Jersey City02:18 → 00:1312:1648 min12:160 min24 Oct
Port of Spain02:18 → 00:1311:2648 min11:260 min24 Oct
London07:18 → 05:1312:2048 min12:200 min24 Oct
Durban08:18 → 06:1311:1648 min11:160 min24 Oct
Dubai10:18 → 08:1311:3948 min11:390 min24 Oct
Delhi11:48 → 09:4311:4142 min11:410 min24 Oct
Kolkata11:48 → 09:4310:570 min10:570 min25 Oct
Singapore14:18 → 12:1312:250 min12:250 min25 Oct
Sydney17:18 → 15:1312:160 min12:1648 min25 Oct
Suva18:18 → 16:1311:270 min11:2748 min25 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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