Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1982

Monday 25 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 208 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 24 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:34  12:22 madhyāhna ends
10:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:10

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 25 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:34  12:22 madhyāhna ends
10:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:10

48 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 15:51 on Sun 24 Oct to 18:20 on Mon 25 Oct.

    1982-10-24T10:50:34Z → 1982-10-25T13:20:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:34–12:22 on the 24th, 11:34–12:22 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 12504 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Multan, 1982: Monday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1982 falls on Monday 25 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:51 on Sun 24 Oct to 18:20 on Mon 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1982/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:51 → 06:2012:1348 min12:130 min24 Oct
Chicago05:51 → 08:2012:1148 min12:100 min24 Oct
Jersey City06:51 → 09:2012:1648 min12:160 min24 Oct
Port of Spain06:51 → 09:2011:2648 min11:260 min24 Oct
London10:51 → 13:2011:2048 min11:2048 min25 Oct
Durban12:51 → 15:2011:160 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Dubai14:51 → 17:2011:390 min11:3948 min25 Oct
Delhi16:21 → 18:5011:410 min11:4148 min25 Oct
Kolkata16:21 → 18:5010:570 min10:5748 min25 Oct
Singapore18:51 → 21:2012:250 min12:2548 min25 Oct
Sydney20:51 → 23:2011:160 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Suva22:51 → 01:2011:270 min11:2748 min25 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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