Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2011

Tuesday 4 October

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 542 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 3 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 4 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 21:33 on Mon 3 Oct to 21:08 on Tue 4 Oct.

    2011-10-03T15:32:50Z → 2011-10-04T15:07:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:18–12:06 on the 3rd, 11:17–12:05 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 32545 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2011: Tuesday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2011 falls on Tuesday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:33 on Mon 3 Oct to 21:08 on Tue 4 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2011/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 4 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 clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:33 → 08:0812:1848 min12:170 min3 Oct
Chicago10:33 → 10:0812:1548 min12:150 min3 Oct
Jersey City11:33 → 11:0812:2148 min12:210 min3 Oct
Port of Spain11:33 → 11:0811:3146 min11:310 min3 Oct
London16:33 → 16:0812:250 min12:2548 min4 Oct
Durban17:33 → 17:0811:210 min11:2148 min4 Oct
Dubai19:33 → 19:0811:440 min11:4348 min4 Oct
Delhi21:03 → 20:3811:460 min11:4648 min4 Oct
Kolkata21:03 → 20:3811:020 min11:0148 min4 Oct
Singapore23:33 → 23:0812:300 min12:3048 min4 Oct
Sydney02:33 → 02:0812:210 min12:2048 min4 Oct
Suva03:33 → 03:0811:320 min11:3148 min4 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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