Midday of Tuesday 6 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:17 12:05 madhyāhna ends
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1981
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 519 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 Tuesday 6 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 7 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:44 on Tue 6 Oct to 02:38 on Wed 7 Oct.
1981-10-05T18:44:01Z → 1981-10-06T20:37:54Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 6th, 11:16–12:04 on the 7th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.
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 31112 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 1981: Tuesday 6 October.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1981 falls on Tuesday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:44 on Tue 6 Oct to 02:38 on Wed 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 6 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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:44 → 13:38 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 13:44 → 15:38 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:14 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 14:44 → 16:38 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:44 → 16:38 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 19:44 → 21:38 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 20:44 → 22:38 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:44 → 00:38 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:14 → 02:08 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:14 → 02:08 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:01 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:14 → 04:08 | 11:59 | 0 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:44 → 06:38 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 06:44 → 08:38 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 6 Oct |