Midday of Tuesday 15 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:02 11:50 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:13:06
10:1410:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:38
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1991
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 23 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 15 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 16 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:13 on Tue 15 Oct to 14:52 on Wed 16 Oct.
1991-10-15T04:13:06Z → 1991-10-16T06:51:35Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:02–11:50 on the 15th, 11:01–11:49 on the 16th.
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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.
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 1409 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 1991: Wednesday 16 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1991 falls on Wednesday 16 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:13 on Tue 15 Oct to 14:52 on Wed 16 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 16 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 16 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 16 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 15th | Covered | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:13 → 23:52 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:13 → 01:52 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:13 → 02:52 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 00:13 → 02:52 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| London | 05:13 → 07:52 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Durban | 06:13 → 08:52 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Dubai | 08:13 → 10:52 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:40 | 0 min | 15 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:43 → 12:22 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 39 min | 16 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:43 → 12:22 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 16 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:13 → 14:52 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 16 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:13 → 16:52 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 16 Oct |
| Suva | 16:13 → 18:52 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 16 Oct |