Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2062

Tuesday 10 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 239 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 10 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 11 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 05:16 on Tue 10 Oct to 07:42 on Wed 11 Oct.

    2062-10-09T21:16:15Z → 2062-10-10T23:41:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 10th, 11:41–12:29 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 14328 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2062: Tuesday 10 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2062 falls on Tuesday 10 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:16 on Tue 10 Oct to 07:42 on Wed 11 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2062/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:16 → 16:4212:160 min12:1648 min10 Oct
Chicago16:16 → 18:4212:140 min12:1348 min10 Oct
Jersey City17:16 → 19:4212:190 min12:1948 min10 Oct
Port of Spain17:16 → 19:4211:290 min11:2948 min10 Oct
London22:16 → 00:4212:230 min12:2348 min10 Oct
Durban23:16 → 01:4211:190 min11:1948 min10 Oct
Dubai01:16 → 03:4211:420 min11:4248 min10 Oct
Delhi02:46 → 05:1211:440 min11:4448 min10 Oct
Kolkata02:46 → 05:1211:000 min10:5948 min10 Oct
Singapore05:16 → 07:4212:280 min12:2848 min10 Oct
Sydney08:16 → 10:4212:190 min12:1948 min10 Oct
Suva09:16 → 11:4211:300 min11:3048 min11 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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