Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2059

Tuesday 14 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 214 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Tuesday 14 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 15 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 08:06 on Tue 14 Oct to 07:02 on Wed 15 Oct.

    2059-10-14T00:06:22Z → 2059-10-14T23:01:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 14th, 11:40–12:28 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 12820 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2059: Tuesday 14 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2059 falls on Tuesday 14 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:06 on Tue 14 Oct to 07:02 on Wed 15 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2059/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:06 → 16:0212:1548 min12:150 min14 Oct
Chicago19:06 → 18:0212:1248 min12:120 min14 Oct
Jersey City20:06 → 19:0212:1848 min12:180 min14 Oct
Port of Spain20:06 → 19:0211:2848 min11:280 min14 Oct
London01:06 → 00:0212:2248 min12:220 min14 Oct
Durban02:06 → 01:0211:1848 min11:180 min14 Oct
Dubai04:06 → 03:0211:4148 min11:400 min14 Oct
Delhi05:36 → 04:3211:4348 min11:430 min14 Oct
Kolkata05:36 → 04:3210:5948 min10:580 min14 Oct
Singapore08:06 → 07:0212:2748 min12:270 min14 Oct
Sydney11:06 → 10:0212:1848 min12:170 min14 Oct
Suva12:06 → 11:0211:2910 min11:280 min14 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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