Midday of Tuesday 19 October
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:28 12:16 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:16:03
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1920
Boundaryin Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 08 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 19 October
Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 20 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 12:16 on Tue 19 Oct to 14:37 on Wed 20 Oct.
1920-10-19T11:16:03Z → 1920-10-20T13:36:50Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 19th, 11:28–12:16 on the 20th.
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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 8 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Luanda, 1920: Wednesday 20 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Luanda, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1920 falls on Wednesday 20 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:16 on Tue 19 Oct to 14:37 on Wed 20 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 0 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 0 min 08 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 20 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda. | ||
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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:16 → 05:37 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Chicago | 06:16 → 08:37 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Jersey City | 07:16 → 09:37 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:16 → 09:37 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 19 Oct |
| London | 12:16 → 14:37 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 13:16 → 15:37 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Dubai | 15:16 → 17:37 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:46 → 19:07 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:46 → 19:07 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 18:16 → 20:37 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 21:16 → 23:37 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 20 Oct |
| Suva | 23:16 → 01:37 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 20 Oct |