Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2060

Sunday 3 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 219 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 Saturday 2 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 3 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

48 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 16:11 on Sat 2 Oct to 17:02 on Sun 3 Oct.

    2060-10-02T08:10:36Z → 2060-10-03T09:01:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:43–12:31 on the 2nd, 11:43–12:31 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 13166 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2060: Sunday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2060 falls on Sunday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:11 on Sat 2 Oct to 17:02 on Sun 3 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2060/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:11 → 02:0212:1848 min12:180 min2 Oct
Chicago03:11 → 04:0212:1548 min12:150 min2 Oct
Jersey City04:11 → 05:0212:2148 min12:210 min2 Oct
Port of Spain04:11 → 05:0211:3148 min11:310 min2 Oct
London09:11 → 10:0212:2548 min12:250 min2 Oct
Durban10:11 → 11:0211:2148 min11:210 min2 Oct
Dubai12:11 → 13:0211:4421 min11:4448 min3 Oct
Delhi13:41 → 14:3211:460 min11:4648 min3 Oct
Kolkata13:41 → 14:3211:020 min11:0148 min3 Oct
Singapore16:11 → 17:0212:300 min12:3048 min3 Oct
Sydney18:11 → 20:0211:210 min12:2048 min3 Oct
Suva20:11 → 21:0211:320 min11:3148 min3 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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