Midday of Saturday 4 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) · 2087
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 409 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 4 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 5 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 18:42 on Sat 4 Oct to 20:15 on Sun 5 Oct.
2087-10-04T10:41:58Z → 2087-10-05T12:14:57Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:05–11:53 on the 4th, 11:04–11:52 on the 5th.
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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.
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 24559 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2087: Sunday 5 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2087 falls on Sunday 5 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:42 on Sat 4 Oct to 20:15 on Sun 5 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 5 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:42 → 05:15 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Chicago | 05:42 → 07:15 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Jersey City | 06:42 → 08:15 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 06:42 → 08:15 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| London | 11:42 → 13:15 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 12:42 → 14:15 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 14:42 → 16:15 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:12 → 17:45 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:12 → 17:45 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:01 | 48 min | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:42 → 20:15 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:29 | 48 min | 5 Oct |
| Sydney | 20:42 → 23:15 | 11:21 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 22:42 → 00:15 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 5 Oct |