Midday of Friday 2 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:31 12:19 madhyāhna ends
10:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:07
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1908
Determinatein Berlin, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 370 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 2 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 3 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Fri 2 Oct to 18:29 on Sat 3 Oct.
1908-10-02T18:49:38Z → 1908-10-03T17:28:41Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:31–12:19 on the 2nd, 11:31–12:19 on the 3rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 22181 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Berlin, 1908: Saturday 3 October.
confidence: determinate
In Berlin, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1908 falls on Saturday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:50 on Fri 2 Oct to 18:29 on Sat 3 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 3 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Berlin. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:50 → 09:29 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:50 → 11:29 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:15 | 13 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:50 → 12:29 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:50 → 13:29 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 18:50 → 17:29 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Durban | 20:50 → 19:29 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:31 → 21:10 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:20 → 22:59 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:20 → 22:59 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:02 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:50 → 00:29 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:50 → 03:29 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Suva | 06:45 → 05:24 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 3 Oct |