Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1937

Tuesday 12 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 115 minutes.

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 Tuesday 12 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 13 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 08:14 on Tue 12 Oct to 10:11 on Wed 13 Oct.

    1937-10-12T02:43:54Z → 1937-10-13T04:41:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 12th, 12:06–12:54 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 0 of 48 on the 13th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 6900 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Multan, 1937: Tuesday 12 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1937 falls on Tuesday 12 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:14 on Tue 12 Oct to 10:11 on Wed 13 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1937/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:44 → 20:4111:1548 min11:150 min12 Oct
Chicago20:44 → 22:4111:1348 min11:130 min12 Oct
Jersey City21:44 → 23:4111:1948 min11:180 min12 Oct
Port of Spain22:44 → 00:4111:2948 min11:280 min12 Oct
London02:44 → 04:4111:2348 min11:220 min12 Oct
Durban04:44 → 06:4111:1948 min11:180 min12 Oct
Dubai06:44 → 08:4111:4148 min11:410 min12 Oct
Delhi08:14 → 10:1111:4448 min11:430 min12 Oct
Kolkata08:14 → 10:1110:5948 min10:590 min12 Oct
Singapore10:04 → 12:0111:4748 min11:4714 min13 Oct
Sydney12:44 → 14:4111:180 min11:1848 min13 Oct
Suva14:44 → 16:4111:290 min11:2948 min13 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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