Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1929

Friday 11 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 59 s.

Decide it for

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 10 October

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 11 October

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 12:07  12:55 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:48:49
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43

42 of 48 minutes covered, the first 42

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 10:20 on Thu 10 Oct to 12:49 on Fri 11 Oct.

    1929-10-10T04:50:18Z → 1929-10-11T07:18:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 10th, 12:07–12:55 on the 11th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 10th and 42 of 48 on the 11th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 359 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Multan, 1929: Friday 11 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1929 falls on Friday 11 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:20 on Thu 10 Oct to 12:49 on Fri 11 Oct and covers 42 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1929/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/mahashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 8 Mahastami (paraviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:50 → 23:1911:1648 min11:160 min10 Oct
Chicago22:50 → 01:1911:1348 min11:130 min10 Oct
Jersey City23:50 → 02:1911:1948 min11:190 min10 Oct
Port of Spain00:50 → 03:1911:2948 min11:290 min10 Oct
London04:50 → 07:1911:2348 min11:230 min10 Oct
Durban06:50 → 09:1911:1948 min11:190 min10 Oct
Dubai08:50 → 11:1911:4248 min11:420 min10 Oct
Delhi10:20 → 12:4911:4448 min11:4448 min11 Oct
Kolkata10:20 → 12:4911:0048 min10:5948 min11 Oct
Singapore11:50 → 14:1911:2826 min11:2848 min11 Oct
Sydney14:50 → 17:1911:190 min11:1848 min11 Oct
Suva16:50 → 19:1911:300 min11:2948 min11 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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