Midday of Wednesday 2 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 (Durga Ashtami) · 2041
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 660 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 2 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 3 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 00:03 on Thu 3 Oct to 22:52 on Thu 3 Oct.
2041-10-02T16:03:22Z → 2041-10-03T14:52:15Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:05–11:53 on the 2nd, 11:05–11:53 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 39575 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2041: Thursday 3 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2041 falls on Thursday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:03 on Thu 3 Oct to 22:52 on Thu 3 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 3 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 3 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 3 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 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:03 → 07:52 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:03 → 09:52 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:03 → 10:52 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:03 → 10:52 | 11:31 | 16 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| London | 17:03 → 15:52 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Durban | 18:03 → 16:52 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:03 → 18:52 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:33 → 20:22 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:33 → 20:22 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:01 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:03 → 22:52 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:30 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:03 → 00:52 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Suva | 04:03 → 02:52 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 3 Oct |