Midday of Thursday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:50 12:38 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:41:42
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2095
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 54 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:42 on Thu 6 Oct to 12:54 on Fri 7 Oct.
2095-10-06T03:41:43Z → 2095-10-07T03:53:48Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 6th, 11:50–12:38 on the 7th.
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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 234 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daegu, 2095: Friday 7 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daegu, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2095 falls on Friday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:42 on Thu 6 Oct to 12:54 on Fri 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 54 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:42 → 20:54 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:42 → 22:54 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:42 → 23:54 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:42 → 23:54 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 04:42 → 04:54 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 05:42 → 05:54 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:42 → 07:54 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:12 → 09:24 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:12 → 09:24 | 11:01 | 48 min | 11:01 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:42 → 11:54 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:42 → 14:54 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 15:42 → 15:54 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 7 Oct |