Midday of Tuesday 12 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:31 12:19 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:18:03
10:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:07
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2021
Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 12 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 13 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:18 on Tue 12 Oct to 09:38 on Wed 13 Oct.
2021-10-12T16:18:03Z → 2021-10-13T14:38:14Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:31–12:19 on the 12th, 11:30–12:18 on the 13th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.
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 751 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Lima, 2021: Tuesday 12 October.
confidence: determinate
In Lima, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2021 falls on Tuesday 12 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:18 on Tue 12 Oct to 09:38 on Wed 13 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 12 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 12 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 12 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
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 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:18 → 07:38 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:18 → 09:38 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:18 → 10:38 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:18 → 10:38 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 13 Oct |
| London | 17:18 → 15:38 | 12:22 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Durban | 18:18 → 16:38 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:18 → 18:38 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:48 → 20:08 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:48 → 20:08 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:18 → 22:38 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:18 → 01:38 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 04:18 → 02:38 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 13 Oct |