Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2027

Thursday 7 October

Determinatein Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 281 minutes.

Decide it for

41°51′ N 87°39′ W · America/Chicago · GeoNames 4887398

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 6 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:14  13:02 madhyāhna ends
11:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:50

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 7 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:14  13:02 madhyāhna ends
11:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:2613:50

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 17:44 on Wed 6 Oct to 19:58 on Thu 7 Oct.

    2027-10-06T22:43:40Z → 2027-10-08T00:58:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:14–13:02 on the 6th, 12:14–13:02 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 16877 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Chicago, 2027: Thursday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chicago, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2027 falls on Thursday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:44 on Wed 6 Oct to 19:58 on Thu 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chicago/festivals/2027/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 7 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago.

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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:44 → 17:5812:170 min12:160 min7 Oct
Chicago17:44 → 19:5812:140 min12:140 min7 Oct
Jersey City18:44 → 20:5812:200 min12:200 min7 Oct
Port of Spain18:44 → 20:5811:300 min11:300 min7 Oct
London23:44 → 01:5812:240 min12:240 min7 Oct
Durban00:44 → 02:5811:200 min11:200 min7 Oct
Dubai02:44 → 04:5811:430 min11:420 min7 Oct
Delhi04:14 → 06:2811:450 min11:450 min7 Oct
Kolkata04:14 → 06:2811:010 min11:000 min7 Oct
Singapore06:44 → 08:5812:290 min12:280 min7 Oct
Sydney09:44 → 11:5812:200 min12:190 min7 Oct
Suva10:44 → 12:5811:310 min11:3048 min8 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