Midday of Wednesday 1 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:05 11:53 madhyāhna ends
10:1710:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:41
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2014
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 165 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 1 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 2 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:20 on Wed 1 Oct to 14:38 on Thu 2 Oct.
2014-10-01T08:19:41Z → 2014-10-02T06:38:05Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:05–11:53 on the 1st, 11:05–11:53 on the 2nd.
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 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.
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 9899 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2014: Thursday 2 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2014 falls on Thursday 2 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:20 on Wed 1 Oct to 14:38 on Thu 2 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 2 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 2 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 2 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 1st | Covered | Madhyāhna 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:20 → 23:38 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:20 → 01:38 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:20 → 02:38 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:20 → 02:38 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| London | 09:20 → 07:38 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 10:20 → 08:38 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 12:20 → 10:38 | 11:44 | 13 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:50 → 12:08 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:46 | 22 min | 2 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:50 → 12:08 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:02 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Singapore | 16:20 → 14:38 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:30 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:20 → 16:38 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 2 Oct |
| Suva | 20:20 → 18:38 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 2 Oct |