Midday of Monday 10 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:03 11:51 madhyāhna ends
10:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:39
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2005
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 129 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 10 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 11 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 15:57 on Mon 10 Oct to 13:59 on Tue 11 Oct.
2005-10-10T07:57:27Z → 2005-10-11T05:59:14Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:03–11:51 on the 10th, 11:02–11:50 on the 11th.
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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.
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 7728 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2005: Tuesday 11 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2005 falls on Tuesday 11 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:57 on Mon 10 Oct to 13:59 on Tue 11 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 11 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 11 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 11 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 10th | Covered | Madhyāhna 11th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:57 → 22:59 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 10 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:57 → 00:59 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 10 Oct |
| Jersey City | 03:57 → 01:59 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 10 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:57 → 01:59 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 10 Oct |
| London | 08:57 → 06:59 | 12:23 | 48 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 10 Oct |
| Durban | 09:57 → 07:59 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 10 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:57 → 09:59 | 11:42 | 32 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 10 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:27 → 11:29 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:27 → 11:29 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 30 min | 11 Oct |
| Singapore | 15:57 → 13:59 | 12:28 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 11 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:57 → 15:59 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 11 Oct |
| Suva | 19:57 → 17:59 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 11 Oct |