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Ruling · 1935 · Chattogram

Mahāṣṭamī

Durga Ashtami

Saturday 5 October1935 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Determinatemargin 198 min

In Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 198 minutes.

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The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 5 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:10  11:58 madhyāhna ends
10:2210:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:46

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:10  11:58 madhyāhna ends
10:2210:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:46

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:52 on Sat 5 Oct to 07:03 on Sun 6 Oct.

    1935-10-05T01:58:48Z → 1935-10-06T01:10:09Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:10–11:58 on the 5th, 11:10–11:58 on the 6th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 11908 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1935: Saturday 5 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1935 falls on Saturday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:52 on Sat 5 Oct to 07:03 on Sun 6 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/1935/mahashtamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

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 clocks

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:59 → 17:1011:1748 min11:170 min5 Oct
Chicago19:59 → 19:1011:1548 min11:150 min5 Oct
Jersey City20:59 → 20:1011:2148 min11:200 min5 Oct
Port of Spain21:59 → 21:1011:3148 min11:300 min5 Oct
London02:59 → 02:1012:2548 min11:240 min5 Oct
Durban03:59 → 03:1011:2148 min11:210 min5 Oct
Dubai05:59 → 05:1011:4348 min11:430 min5 Oct
Delhi07:29 → 06:4011:4648 min11:450 min5 Oct
Kolkata07:29 → 06:4011:0148 min11:010 min5 Oct
Singapore09:19 → 08:3011:4948 min11:490 min5 Oct
Sydney11:59 → 11:1011:209 min11:200 min5 Oct
Suva13:59 → 13:1011:310 min11:3148 min6 Oct
This ruling as JSON · ICS
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s