Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2088

Saturday 23 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 30 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Friday 22 October

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 23 October

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:56:27
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 10:44 on Fri 22 Oct to 12:56 on Sat 23 Oct.

    2088-10-22T02:43:36Z → 2088-10-23T04:56:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 1805 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2088: Saturday 23 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2088 falls on Saturday 23 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:44 on Fri 22 Oct to 12:56 on Sat 23 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2088/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 23 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 23 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:44 → 21:5612:1348 min12:130 min22 Oct
Chicago21:44 → 23:5612:1148 min12:110 min22 Oct
Jersey City22:44 → 00:5612:1748 min12:160 min22 Oct
Port of Spain22:44 → 00:5611:2748 min11:260 min22 Oct
London03:44 → 05:5612:2148 min12:210 min22 Oct
Durban04:44 → 06:5611:1748 min11:170 min22 Oct
Dubai06:44 → 08:5611:3948 min11:390 min22 Oct
Delhi08:14 → 10:2611:4248 min11:410 min22 Oct
Kolkata08:14 → 10:2610:5748 min10:570 min22 Oct
Singapore10:44 → 12:5612:2548 min12:2531 min23 Oct
Sydney13:44 → 15:5612:160 min12:1648 min23 Oct
Suva14:44 → 16:5611:270 min11:2748 min23 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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