Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2012

Sunday 21 October

Boundaryin Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 19 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 21 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:16  13:04 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:15:54
11:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:2813:52

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:15  13:03 madhyāhna ends
11:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:51

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 12:16 on Sun 21 Oct to 10:56 on Mon 22 Oct.

    2012-10-21T16:15:55Z → 2012-10-22T14:56:01Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:16–13:04 on the 21st, 12:15–13:03 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 19 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Queens, 2012: Sunday 21 October.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Queens, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2012 falls on Sunday 21 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:16 on Sun 21 Oct to 10:56 on Mon 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 19 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2012/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:16 → 07:5612:1348 min12:130 min21 Oct
Chicago11:16 → 09:5612:1148 min12:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City12:16 → 10:5612:1748 min12:160 min21 Oct
Port of Spain12:16 → 10:5611:270 min11:260 min22 Oct
London17:16 → 15:5612:210 min12:2148 min22 Oct
Durban18:16 → 16:5611:170 min11:1748 min22 Oct
Dubai20:16 → 18:5611:390 min11:3948 min22 Oct
Delhi21:46 → 20:2611:410 min11:4148 min22 Oct
Kolkata21:46 → 20:2610:570 min10:5748 min22 Oct
Singapore00:16 → 22:5612:250 min12:2548 min22 Oct
Sydney03:16 → 01:5612:160 min12:1648 min22 Oct
Suva05:16 → 03:5612:270 min12:2748 min22 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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