Ruling · Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) · 1908

Saturday 3 October

Determinatein Yangon, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 611 minutes.

Decide it for

16°48′ N 96°09′ E · Asia/Yangon · GeoNames 1298824

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 3 October

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:24  12:12 madhyāhna ends
10:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:00

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:24  12:12 madhyāhna ends
10:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:00

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 01:14 on Sat 3 Oct to 23:53 on Sat 3 Oct.

    1908-10-02T18:49:38Z → 1908-10-03T17:28:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:24–12:12 on the 3rd, 11:24–12:12 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 36650 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahāṣṭamī, Yangon, 1908: Saturday 3 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Yangon, Mahāṣṭamī (Durga Ashtami) 1908 falls on Saturday 3 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 01:14 on Sat 3 Oct to 23:53 on Sat 3 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/yangon/festivals/1908/mahashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Yangon.

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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:50 → 09:2911:1848 min11:180 min2 Oct
Chicago12:50 → 11:2911:160 min11:1513 min3 Oct
Jersey City13:50 → 12:2911:210 min11:2148 min3 Oct
Port of Spain14:50 → 13:2911:310 min11:3148 min3 Oct
London18:50 → 17:2911:250 min11:2548 min3 Oct
Durban20:50 → 19:2911:220 min11:2148 min3 Oct
Dubai22:31 → 21:1011:250 min11:2548 min3 Oct
Delhi00:20 → 22:5911:460 min11:4648 min3 Oct
Kolkata00:20 → 22:5911:020 min11:0248 min3 Oct
Singapore01:50 → 00:2911:300 min11:3048 min3 Oct
Sydney04:50 → 03:2911:210 min11:2148 min3 Oct
Suva06:45 → 05:2411:270 min11:2748 min3 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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