Midday of Monday 29 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:45 12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2025
Determinatein Dubai, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 149 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 29 September
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 30 September
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 15:02 on Mon 29 Sep to 16:37 on Tue 30 Sep.
2025-09-29T11:02:14Z → 2025-09-30T12:36:37Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 29th, 11:45–12:33 on the 30th.
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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.
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 8961 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Dubai, 2025: Tuesday 30 September.
confidence: determinate
In Dubai, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2025 falls on Tuesday 30 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:02 on Mon 29 Sep to 16:37 on Tue 30 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 30 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 30 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 30 Sep |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Dubai. | ||
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 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:02 → 05:37 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Chicago | 06:02 → 07:37 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Jersey City | 07:02 → 08:37 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 07:02 → 08:37 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| London | 12:02 → 13:37 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Durban | 13:02 → 14:37 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Dubai | 15:02 → 16:37 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Delhi | 16:32 → 18:07 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Kolkata | 16:32 → 18:07 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:02 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Singapore | 19:02 → 20:37 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Sydney | 21:02 → 22:37 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Suva | 23:02 → 00:37 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 30 Sep |