Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1997

Thursday 9 October

Determinatein Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 121 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 Thursday 9 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 10 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

0 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 09:47 on Thu 9 Oct to 08:47 on Fri 10 Oct.

    1997-10-09T00:47:29Z → 1997-10-09T23:47:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 9th, 11:48–12:36 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 7272 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Daegu, 1997: Thursday 9 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daegu, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1997 falls on Thursday 9 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:47 on Thu 9 Oct to 08:47 on Fri 10 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daegu/festivals/1997/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu.

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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:47 → 16:4712:1648 min12:160 min9 Oct
Chicago19:47 → 18:4712:1348 min12:130 min9 Oct
Jersey City20:47 → 19:4712:1948 min12:190 min9 Oct
Port of Spain20:47 → 19:4711:2948 min11:290 min9 Oct
London01:47 → 00:4712:2348 min12:230 min9 Oct
Durban02:47 → 01:4711:1948 min11:190 min9 Oct
Dubai04:47 → 03:4711:4248 min11:420 min9 Oct
Delhi06:17 → 05:1711:4448 min11:440 min9 Oct
Kolkata06:17 → 05:1711:0048 min10:590 min9 Oct
Singapore08:47 → 07:4712:2848 min12:280 min9 Oct
Sydney10:47 → 09:4711:1948 min11:190 min9 Oct
Suva12:47 → 11:4711:300 min11:3018 min10 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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