Midday of Tuesday 8 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:03 12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1940
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 517 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 8 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 9 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 03:26 on Tue 8 Oct to 03:21 on Wed 9 Oct.
1940-10-07T18:26:27Z → 1940-10-08T18:21:09Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:03–12:51 on the 8th, 12:03–12:51 on the 9th.
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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.
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 31010 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1940: Tuesday 8 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1940 falls on Tuesday 8 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:26 on Tue 8 Oct to 03:21 on Wed 9 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 8 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 8 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 8 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 7th | Covered | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:26 → 10:21 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:26 → 12:21 | 11:14 | 0 min | 11:14 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:26 → 13:21 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:26 → 14:21 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| London | 19:26 → 19:21 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 20:26 → 20:21 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:26 → 22:21 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Delhi | 23:56 → 23:51 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Kolkata | 23:56 → 23:51 | 11:00 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:46 → 01:41 | 11:49 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:26 → 04:21 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 8 Oct |
| Suva | 06:26 → 06:21 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 8 Oct |