Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2096

Wednesday 24 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 208 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 24 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

Midday of Thursday 25 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

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:04 on Wed 24 Oct to 08:10 on Thu 25 Oct.

    2096-10-23T23:03:38Z → 2096-10-25T00:10:07Z

  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 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 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 12485 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2096: Wednesday 24 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2096 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:04 on Wed 24 Oct to 08:10 on Thu 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:04 → 17:1012:130 min12:130 min24 Oct
Chicago18:04 → 19:1012:110 min12:110 min24 Oct
Jersey City19:04 → 20:1012:170 min12:160 min24 Oct
Port of Spain19:04 → 20:1011:260 min11:260 min24 Oct
London00:04 → 01:1012:210 min12:200 min24 Oct
Durban01:04 → 02:1011:170 min11:160 min24 Oct
Dubai03:04 → 04:1011:390 min11:390 min24 Oct
Delhi04:34 → 05:4011:410 min11:410 min24 Oct
Kolkata04:34 → 05:4010:570 min10:570 min24 Oct
Singapore07:04 → 08:1012:250 min12:250 min24 Oct
Sydney10:04 → 11:1012:160 min12:160 min24 Oct
Suva11:04 → 12:1011:270 min11:2743 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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