Midday of Wednesday 4 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:05 11:53 madhyāhna ends
10:1710:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:41
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1916
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 186 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 4 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 07:59 on Wed 4 Oct to 05:59 on Thu 5 Oct.
1916-10-03T23:58:40Z → 1916-10-04T21:59:27Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:05–11:53 on the 4th, 11:04–11:52 on the 5th.
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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.
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 11151 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1916: Wednesday 4 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1916 falls on Wednesday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:59 on Wed 4 Oct to 05:59 on Thu 5 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 4 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 4 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 4 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 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:59 → 13:59 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 17:59 → 15:59 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 18:59 → 16:59 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:59 → 17:59 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 23:59 → 21:59 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Durban | 01:59 → 23:59 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:40 → 01:40 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Delhi | 05:29 → 03:29 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Kolkata | 05:29 → 03:29 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:01 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 06:59 → 04:59 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 09:59 → 07:59 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Suva | 11:59 → 09:59 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:31 | 21 min | 4 Oct |