Midday of Thursday 13 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
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2078
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 665 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 13 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 14 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 23:34 on Thu 13 Oct to 00:32 on Sat 15 Oct.
2078-10-13T15:33:33Z → 2078-10-14T16:32:23Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 13th, 11:40–12:28 on the 14th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 39917 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2078: Friday 14 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2078 falls on Friday 14 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:34 on Thu 13 Oct to 00:32 on Sat 15 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 14 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 14 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 14 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Madhyāhna 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:34 → 09:32 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:34 → 11:32 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:34 → 12:32 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 14 min | 14 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 11:34 → 12:32 | 11:28 | 43 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 14 Oct |
| London | 16:34 → 17:32 | 12:22 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 14 Oct |
| Durban | 17:34 → 18:32 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 14 Oct |
| Dubai | 19:34 → 20:32 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 14 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:04 → 22:02 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 14 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:04 → 22:02 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 14 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:34 → 00:32 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 14 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:34 → 03:32 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 14 Oct |
| Suva | 03:34 → 04:32 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 14 Oct |