Midday of Tuesday 12 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:48 12:36 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:43:53
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1937
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 07 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 12 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 13 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:44 on Tue 12 Oct to 13:41 on Wed 13 Oct.
1937-10-12T02:43:54Z → 1937-10-13T04:41:16Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 12th, 11:48–12:36 on the 13th.
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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
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 247 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daegu, 1937: Wednesday 13 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daegu, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1937 falls on Wednesday 13 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:44 on Tue 12 Oct to 13:41 on Wed 13 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 4 min 07 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 13 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 13 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 13 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu. | ||
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 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:44 → 20:41 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Chicago | 20:44 → 22:41 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Jersey City | 21:44 → 23:41 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 22:44 → 00:41 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| London | 02:44 → 04:41 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Durban | 04:44 → 06:41 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Dubai | 06:44 → 08:41 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Delhi | 08:14 → 10:11 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Kolkata | 08:14 → 10:11 | 10:59 | 48 min | 10:59 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:04 → 12:01 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:47 | 14 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 12:44 → 14:41 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 14:44 → 16:41 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 13 Oct |