Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2098

Thursday 2 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 537 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 2 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 3 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:43  12:31 madhyāhna ends
10:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:19

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 01:03 on Thu 2 Oct to 02:46 on Fri 3 Oct.

    2098-10-01T17:03:22Z → 2098-10-02T18:46:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:44–12:32 on the 2nd, 11:43–12:31 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 32227 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Baoding, 2098: Thursday 2 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2098 falls on Thursday 2 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:03 on Thu 2 Oct to 02:46 on Fri 3 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2098/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:03 → 11:4612:1848 min12:180 min1 Oct
Chicago12:03 → 13:4612:1648 min12:1648 min2 Oct
Jersey City13:03 → 14:4612:226 min12:2148 min2 Oct
Port of Spain13:03 → 14:4611:320 min11:3248 min2 Oct
London18:03 → 19:4612:260 min12:2648 min2 Oct
Durban19:03 → 20:4611:220 min11:2248 min2 Oct
Dubai21:03 → 22:4611:450 min11:4448 min2 Oct
Delhi22:33 → 00:1611:470 min11:4648 min2 Oct
Kolkata22:33 → 00:1611:020 min11:0248 min2 Oct
Singapore01:03 → 02:4612:310 min12:3048 min2 Oct
Sydney03:03 → 04:4611:210 min11:2148 min2 Oct
Suva05:03 → 06:4611:320 min11:3248 min2 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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