Midday of Tuesday 20 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:01 11:49 madhyāhna ends
10:1310:3711:0111:2511:4912:1312:37
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2099
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 440 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 20 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 21 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 19:09 on Tue 20 Oct to 20:02 on Wed 21 Oct.
2099-10-20T11:08:51Z → 2099-10-21T12:01:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:01–11:49 on the 20th, 11:01–11:49 on the 21st.
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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.
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 26403 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Daqing, 2099: Wednesday 21 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2099 falls on Wednesday 21 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:09 on Tue 20 Oct to 20:02 on Wed 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 21 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 21 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 21 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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:09 → 05:02 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 06:09 → 07:02 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 07:09 → 08:02 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:09 → 08:02 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 12:09 → 13:02 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 41 min | 21 Oct |
| Durban | 13:09 → 14:02 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Dubai | 15:09 → 16:02 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:39 → 17:32 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:39 → 17:32 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Singapore | 19:09 → 20:02 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Sydney | 22:09 → 23:02 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 23:09 → 00:02 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 21 Oct |