Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2077

Monday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 172 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 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 Monday 25 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

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 16:16 on Sun 24 Oct to 15:18 on Mon 25 Oct.

    2077-10-24T08:16:03Z → 2077-10-25T07:18:05Z

  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 48 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 10319 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2077: Monday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2077 falls on Monday 25 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:16 on Sun 24 Oct to 15:18 on Mon 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2077/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 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 Angeles01:16 → 00:1812:1348 min12:130 min24 Oct
Chicago03:16 → 02:1812:1148 min12:100 min24 Oct
Jersey City04:16 → 03:1812:1648 min12:160 min24 Oct
Port of Spain04:16 → 03:1811:2648 min11:260 min24 Oct
London09:16 → 08:1812:2048 min12:200 min24 Oct
Durban10:16 → 09:1811:1648 min11:160 min24 Oct
Dubai12:16 → 11:1811:3911 min11:390 min24 Oct
Delhi13:46 → 12:4811:410 min11:4148 min25 Oct
Kolkata13:46 → 12:4810:570 min10:5748 min25 Oct
Singapore16:16 → 15:1812:250 min12:2548 min25 Oct
Sydney19:16 → 18:1812:160 min12:1648 min25 Oct
Suva20:16 → 19:1811:270 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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