Midday of Friday 11 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:02 11:50 madhyāhna ends
10:1410:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:38
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2013
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 366 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 11 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 12 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:08 on Fri 11 Oct to 17:57 on Sat 12 Oct.
2013-10-11T12:08:30Z → 2013-10-12T09:56:35Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:02–11:50 on the 11th, 11:02–11:50 on the 12th.
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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.
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 21986 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2013: Saturday 12 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2013 falls on Saturday 12 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:08 on Fri 11 Oct to 17:57 on Sat 12 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 12 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 12 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 12 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 11th | Covered | Madhyāhna 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:08 → 02:57 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:08 → 04:57 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:08 → 05:57 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 08:08 → 05:57 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| London | 13:08 → 10:57 | 12:23 | 2 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 11 Oct |
| Durban | 14:08 → 11:57 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 38 min | 12 Oct |
| Dubai | 16:08 → 13:57 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 12 Oct |
| Delhi | 17:38 → 15:27 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 12 Oct |
| Kolkata | 17:38 → 15:27 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 12 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:08 → 17:57 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 12 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:08 → 20:57 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 12 Oct |
| Suva | 00:08 → 21:57 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 12 Oct |