Midday of Thursday 5 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:31 12:19 madhyāhna ends
10:4311:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:07
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2000
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 53 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 5 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 6 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the first 47
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 09:44 on Thu 5 Oct to 12:18 on Fri 6 Oct.
2000-10-04T21:43:30Z → 2000-10-06T00:17:42Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:31–12:19 on the 5th, 11:31–12:19 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 47 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 53 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Suva, 2000: Friday 6 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Suva, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2000 falls on Friday 6 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:44 on Thu 5 Oct to 12:18 on Fri 6 Oct and covers 47 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 0 min 53 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 6 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 6 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 6 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:44 → 17:18 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Chicago | 16:44 → 19:18 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Jersey City | 17:44 → 20:18 | 12:21 | 0 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:44 → 20:18 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| London | 22:44 → 01:18 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Durban | 23:44 → 02:18 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:44 → 04:18 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:14 → 05:48 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:14 → 05:48 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:00 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Singapore | 05:44 → 08:18 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Sydney | 08:44 → 11:18 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 5 Oct |
| Suva | 09:44 → 12:18 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:31 | 47 min | 6 Oct |