Midday of Sunday 19 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:46 12:34 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:38:04
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2053
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 43 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 19 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 20 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:38 on Sun 19 Oct to 15:10 on Mon 20 Oct.
2053-10-19T03:38:05Z → 2053-10-20T06:10:08Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 19th, 11:46–12:34 on the 20th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.
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 223 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2053: Monday 20 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daegu, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2053 falls on Monday 20 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:38 on Sun 19 Oct to 15:10 on Mon 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 43 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 20 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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:38 → 23:10 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:38 → 01:10 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:38 → 02:10 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:38 → 02:10 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 04:38 → 07:10 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Durban | 05:38 → 08:10 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:38 → 10:10 | 11:40 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:08 → 11:40 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:08 → 11:40 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 43 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:38 → 14:10 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:38 → 17:10 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 15:38 → 18:10 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 20 Oct |