Midday of Monday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1913
Determinatein Datong, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 534 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 6 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:33 on Mon 6 Oct to 22:11 on Tue 7 Oct.
1913-10-06T13:32:39Z → 1913-10-07T14:10:34Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 6th, 11:51–12:39 on the 7th.
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 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
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 32025 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Datong, 1913: Tuesday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Datong, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1913 falls on Tuesday 7 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:33 on Mon 6 Oct to 22:11 on Tue 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 7 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Datong. | ||
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 | 05:33 → 06:11 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 07:33 → 08:11 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 08:33 → 09:11 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 09:33 → 10:11 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 13:33 → 14:11 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Durban | 15:33 → 16:11 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Dubai | 17:14 → 17:52 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 19:03 → 19:41 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 19:03 → 19:41 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 20:33 → 21:11 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 23:33 → 00:11 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 01:28 → 02:06 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 7 Oct |