Midday of Monday 30 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:06 11:54 madhyāhna ends
10:1810:4211:0611:3011:5412:1812:42
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2052
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 518 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 30 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 1 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 20:32 on Mon 30 Sep to 22:35 on Tue 1 Oct.
2052-09-30T12:31:30Z → 2052-10-01T14:34:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:06–11:54 on the 30th, 11:05–11:53 on the 1st.
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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.
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 31077 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2052: Tuesday 1 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2052 falls on Tuesday 1 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:32 on Mon 30 Sep to 22:35 on Tue 1 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 1 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 1 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 1 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 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 1st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:32 → 07:35 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Chicago | 07:32 → 09:35 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Jersey City | 08:32 → 10:35 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 08:32 → 10:35 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 30 Sep |
| London | 13:32 → 15:35 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 1 Oct |
| Durban | 14:32 → 16:35 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 1 Oct |
| Dubai | 16:32 → 18:35 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 1 Oct |
| Delhi | 18:02 → 20:05 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 1 Oct |
| Kolkata | 18:02 → 20:05 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:02 | 48 min | 1 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:32 → 22:35 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:30 | 48 min | 1 Oct |
| Sydney | 22:32 → 00:35 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 1 Oct |
| Suva | 00:32 → 02:35 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 1 Oct |