Midday of Monday 5 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:52 12:40 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:44:01
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1981
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 22 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 5 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 6 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:44 on Mon 5 Oct to 13:38 on Tue 6 Oct.
1981-10-05T18:44:01Z → 1981-10-06T20:37:54Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 5th, 11:52–12:40 on the 6th.
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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.
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 502 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Phoenix, 1981: Tuesday 6 October.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1981 falls on Tuesday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:44 on Mon 5 Oct to 13:38 on Tue 6 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 6 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:44 → 13:38 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 13:44 → 15:38 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:14 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 14:44 → 16:38 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 14:44 → 16:38 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 19:44 → 21:38 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 20:44 → 22:38 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Dubai | 22:44 → 00:38 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Delhi | 00:14 → 02:08 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Kolkata | 00:14 → 02:08 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:01 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Singapore | 02:14 → 04:08 | 11:59 | 0 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:44 → 06:38 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 6 Oct |
| Suva | 06:44 → 08:38 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 6 Oct |