Midday of Saturday 12 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:27 12:15 madhyāhna ends
10:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:03
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durgāṣṭamī) · 2002
Determinatein Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 530 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 12 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 13 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 21:05 on Sat 12 Oct to 21:12 on Sun 13 Oct.
2002-10-12T17:34:43Z → 2002-10-13T17:42:13Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:27–12:15 on the 12th, 11:26–12:14 on the 13th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 31805 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Tehran, 2002: Sunday 13 October.
confidence: determinate
In Tehran, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2002 falls on Sunday 13 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 21:05 on Sat 12 Oct to 21:12 on Sun 13 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 13 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 13 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 13 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:35 → 10:42 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 12 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:35 → 12:42 | 12:13 | 26 min | 12:13 | 30 min | 13 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:35 → 13:42 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 13:35 → 13:42 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| London | 18:35 → 18:42 | 12:23 | 0 min | 12:22 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Durban | 19:35 → 19:42 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Dubai | 21:35 → 21:42 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Delhi | 23:05 → 23:12 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Kolkata | 23:05 → 23:12 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:35 → 01:42 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Sydney | 03:35 → 03:42 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 13 Oct |
| Suva | 05:35 → 05:42 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 13 Oct |