Midday of Tuesday 26 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:07 11:55 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:42:21
10:1910:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:43
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1933
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 26 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 27 September
Taken. Aṣṭamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:42 on Tue 26 Sep to 10:32 on Wed 27 Sep.
1933-09-26T04:42:22Z → 1933-09-27T02:31:51Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:07–11:55 on the 26th, 11:07–11:55 on the 27th.
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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 2097 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1933: Wednesday 27 September.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1933 falls on Wednesday 27 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:42 on Tue 26 Sep to 10:32 on Wed 27 Sep, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 27 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 27 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 27 Sep |
| 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 26th | Covered | Madhyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:42 → 18:32 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Chicago | 22:42 → 20:32 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Jersey City | 23:42 → 21:32 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 00:42 → 22:32 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| London | 05:42 → 03:32 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Durban | 06:42 → 04:32 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Dubai | 08:42 → 06:32 | 11:46 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Delhi | 10:12 → 08:02 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Kolkata | 10:12 → 08:02 | 11:04 | 48 min | 11:04 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Singapore | 12:02 → 09:52 | 11:52 | 38 min | 11:52 | 0 min | 26 Sep |
| Sydney | 14:42 → 12:32 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 27 Sep |
| Suva | 16:42 → 14:32 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 27 Sep |