Midday of Sunday 20 October
Qualifies with 31 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:07 11:55 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:23:36
10:1910:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:43
31 of 48 minutes covered, the last 31
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1901
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.
Decide it for
22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 20 October
Qualifies with 31 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
31 of 48 minutes covered, the last 31
Midday of Monday 21 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:23 on Sun 20 Oct to 12:06 on Mon 21 Oct.
1901-10-20T05:30:16Z → 1901-10-21T06:13:12Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:07–11:55 on the 20th, 11:06–11:54 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 31 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 712 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1901: Monday 21 October.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1901 falls on Monday 21 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:23 on Sun 20 Oct to 12:06 on Mon 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 31 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 21 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 21 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 21 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:30 → 22:13 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:30 → 00:13 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:30 → 01:13 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:30 → 02:13 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 05:30 → 06:13 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 07:00 → 07:43 | 10:47 | 48 min | 10:47 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:11 → 09:54 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:51 → 11:34 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 2 min | 21 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:51 → 11:34 | 10:48 | 45 min | 10:48 | 46 min | 21 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:25 → 13:08 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:30 → 16:13 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 17:25 → 18:08 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 21 Oct |