Midday of Saturday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:04 11:52 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:20:52
10:1610:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:40
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2019
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 29 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 5 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 6 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:21 on Sat 5 Oct to 13:25 on Sun 6 Oct.
2019-10-05T04:20:53Z → 2019-10-06T05:24:31Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:04–11:52 on the 5th, 11:04–11:52 on the 6th.
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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.
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 1720 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2019: Sunday 6 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2019 falls on Sunday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:21 on Sat 5 Oct to 13:25 on Sun 6 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 6 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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:21 → 22:25 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:21 → 00:25 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:21 → 01:25 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 00:21 → 01:25 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 05:21 → 06:25 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 06:21 → 07:25 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 08:21 → 09:25 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:51 → 10:55 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:51 → 10:55 | 11:01 | 48 min | 11:01 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:21 → 13:25 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:21 → 16:25 | 11:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 16:21 → 17:25 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 6 Oct |