Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2094

Sunday 17 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 571 minutes.

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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 Saturday 16 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

Midday of Sunday 17 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:40  12:28 madhyāhna ends
10:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:16

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 23:27 on Sat 16 Oct to 21:58 on Sun 17 Oct.

    2094-10-16T15:27:14Z → 2094-10-17T13:58:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:40–12:28 on the 16th, 11:40–12:28 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 34251 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2094: Sunday 17 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2094 falls on Sunday 17 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 23:27 on Sat 16 Oct to 21:58 on Sun 17 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2094/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 17 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 17 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:27 → 06:5812:1448 min12:140 min16 Oct
Chicago10:27 → 08:5812:1248 min12:120 min16 Oct
Jersey City11:27 → 09:5812:1848 min12:180 min16 Oct
Port of Spain11:27 → 09:5811:2848 min11:280 min16 Oct
London16:27 → 14:5812:220 min12:2248 min17 Oct
Durban17:27 → 15:5811:180 min11:1848 min17 Oct
Dubai19:27 → 17:5811:400 min11:4048 min17 Oct
Delhi20:57 → 19:2811:430 min11:4248 min17 Oct
Kolkata20:57 → 19:2810:580 min10:5848 min17 Oct
Singapore23:27 → 21:5812:260 min12:2648 min17 Oct
Sydney02:27 → 00:5812:170 min12:1748 min17 Oct
Suva03:27 → 01:5811:280 min11:2848 min17 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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