Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2092

Wednesday 8 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 535 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 7 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 8 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

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 23:16 on Tue 7 Oct to 21:25 on Wed 8 Oct.

    2092-10-07T15:16:23Z → 2092-10-08T13:24:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 7th, 11:42–12:30 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 48 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 32113 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2092: Wednesday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2092 falls on Wednesday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:16 on Tue 7 Oct to 21:25 on Wed 8 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2092/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:16 → 06:2512:1648 min12:160 min7 Oct
Chicago10:16 → 08:2512:1448 min12:140 min7 Oct
Jersey City11:16 → 09:2512:2048 min12:200 min7 Oct
Port of Spain11:16 → 09:2511:3048 min11:300 min7 Oct
London16:16 → 14:2512:240 min12:2448 min8 Oct
Durban17:16 → 15:2511:200 min11:2048 min8 Oct
Dubai19:16 → 17:2511:420 min11:4248 min8 Oct
Delhi20:46 → 18:5511:450 min11:4548 min8 Oct
Kolkata20:46 → 18:5511:000 min11:0048 min8 Oct
Singapore23:16 → 21:2512:290 min12:2848 min8 Oct
Sydney02:16 → 00:2512:190 min12:1948 min8 Oct
Suva03:16 → 01:2511:300 min11:3048 min8 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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