Midday of Thursday 6 October
Qualifies with 10 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:04 11:52 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:41:42
10:1610:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:40
10 of 48 minutes covered, the last 10
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2095
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 00 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 6 October
Qualifies with 10 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
10 of 48 minutes covered, the last 10
Midday of Friday 7 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:42 on Thu 6 Oct to 11:54 on Fri 7 Oct.
2095-10-06T03:41:43Z → 2095-10-07T03:53:48Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:04–11:52 on the 6th, 11:04–11:52 on the 7th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 10 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 120 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2095: Friday 7 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2095 falls on Friday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:42 on Thu 6 Oct to 11:54 on Fri 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 10 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 2 min 00 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 7 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:42 → 20:54 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:42 → 22:54 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:42 → 23:54 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:42 → 23:54 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 04:42 → 04:54 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 05:42 → 05:54 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:42 → 07:54 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Delhi | 09:12 → 09:24 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 09:12 → 09:24 | 11:01 | 48 min | 11:01 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:42 → 11:54 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:42 → 14:54 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 15:42 → 15:54 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 7 Oct |