Midday of Thursday 2 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:30 12:18 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:31:03
10:4211:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:06
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 2003
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 30 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 2 October
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Midday of Friday 3 October
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:31 on Thu 2 Oct to 09:54 on Fri 3 Oct.
2003-10-02T08:01:03Z → 2003-10-03T06:23:55Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:30–12:18 on the 2nd, 11:29–12:17 on the 3rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 47 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 90 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahāṣṭamī, Tehran, 2003: Thursday 2 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Tehran, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 2003 falls on Thursday 2 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:31 on Thu 2 Oct to 09:54 on Fri 3 Oct and covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 30 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 2 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 2 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 2 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 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:01 → 23:24 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:01 → 01:24 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:01 → 02:24 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 04:01 → 02:24 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| London | 09:01 → 07:24 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Durban | 10:01 → 08:24 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Dubai | 12:01 → 10:24 | 11:44 | 31 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 2 Oct |
| Delhi | 13:31 → 11:54 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 8 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 13:31 → 11:54 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:02 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Singapore | 16:01 → 14:24 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:30 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Sydney | 18:01 → 16:24 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 3 Oct |
| Suva | 20:01 → 18:24 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 3 Oct |