Midday of Wednesday 20 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:00 11:48 madhyāhna ends
10:1210:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:36
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2004
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 309 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 20 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 21 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:03 on Wed 20 Oct to 16:57 on Thu 21 Oct.
2004-10-20T11:03:30Z → 2004-10-21T08:57:03Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 20th, 11:00–11:48 on the 21st.
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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.
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 18525 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2004: Thursday 21 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2004 falls on Thursday 21 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:03 on Wed 20 Oct to 16:57 on Thu 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 21 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 21 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 21 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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:03 → 01:57 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 06:03 → 03:57 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 07:03 → 04:57 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:03 → 04:57 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 12:03 → 09:57 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 13:03 → 10:57 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 21 Oct |
| Dubai | 15:03 → 12:57 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:33 → 14:27 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:33 → 14:27 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Singapore | 19:03 → 16:57 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:03 → 18:57 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 23:03 → 20:57 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 21 Oct |