Midday of Thursday 9 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:03 11:51 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:10:04
10:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:39
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1902
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 9 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 10 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:10 on Thu 9 Oct to 14:27 on Fri 10 Oct.
1902-10-09T04:10:05Z → 1902-10-10T06:27:10Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:03–11:51 on the 9th, 11:03–11:51 on the 10th.
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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.
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 1131 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1902: Friday 10 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1902 falls on Friday 10 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:10 on Thu 9 Oct to 14:27 on Fri 10 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 10 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 10 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 10 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Madhyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:10 → 22:27 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:10 → 00:27 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:10 → 01:27 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 00:10 → 02:27 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| London | 04:10 → 06:27 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Durban | 05:40 → 07:57 | 10:50 | 48 min | 10:49 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:51 → 10:08 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:31 → 11:48 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 13 min | 10 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:31 → 11:48 | 10:51 | 48 min | 10:51 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:05 → 13:22 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:10 → 16:27 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Suva | 16:05 → 18:22 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 10 Oct |