Midday of Saturday 8 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) · 1921
Determinatein Davao, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 208 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 8 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 9 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 15:17 on Sat 8 Oct to 17:13 on Sun 9 Oct.
1921-10-08T07:17:15Z → 1921-10-09T09:12:48Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:01–11:49 on the 8th, 11:01–11:49 on the 9th.
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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
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 12477 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Davao, 1921: Sunday 9 October.
confidence: determinate
In Davao, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1921 falls on Sunday 9 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:17 on Sat 8 Oct to 17:13 on Sun 9 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 9 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 9 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 9 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Davao. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:17 → 01:13 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Chicago | 02:17 → 04:13 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:17 → 04:13 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 03:17 → 05:13 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| London | 07:17 → 09:13 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Durban | 09:17 → 11:13 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Dubai | 11:17 → 13:13 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Delhi | 12:47 → 14:43 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Kolkata | 12:47 → 14:43 | 11:00 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Singapore | 14:17 → 16:13 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Sydney | 17:17 → 19:13 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Suva | 19:17 → 21:13 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 9 Oct |