Midday of Saturday 8 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:18 13:06 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:54:41
11:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:3013:54
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2016
Boundaryin Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 59 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 8 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 9 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:55 on Sat 8 Oct to 13:01 on Sun 9 Oct.
2016-10-08T15:54:41Z → 2016-10-09T17:01:09Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:18–13:06 on the 8th, 12:18–13:06 on the 9th.
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 8th and 43 of 48 on the 9th.
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 299 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Queens, 2016: Sunday 9 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Queens, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2016 falls on Sunday 9 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:55 on Sat 8 Oct to 13:01 on Sun 9 Oct and covers 43 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 4 min 59 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 9 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 9 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 9 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:55 → 10:01 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:55 → 12:01 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 8 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:55 → 13:01 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 42 min | 9 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 11:55 → 13:01 | 11:29 | 23 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| London | 16:55 → 18:01 | 12:23 | 0 min | 12:23 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Durban | 17:55 → 19:01 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Dubai | 19:55 → 21:01 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:25 → 22:31 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:25 → 22:31 | 11:00 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Singapore | 23:55 → 01:01 | 12:28 | 0 min | 12:28 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:55 → 04:01 | 12:19 | 0 min | 12:19 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Suva | 03:55 → 05:01 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 9 Oct |