Durga Ashtami 2003 in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa Sunrise 05:42, Fri 3 Oct
Festival · times in SAST
When is Durga Ashtami 2003 in Maclear?
Durga Ashtami Sunrise: what time?
Sunrise
05:42
Why is Durga Ashtami on Fri 3 Oct in Maclear?
Durga Ashtami is on Fri 3 Oct: Ashtami holds sunrise that day.
Sunrise at 05:43 is Saptami; Ashtami begins at 10:01.
Ashtami at sunrise, 05:42. Ashtami: 10:01 Thu to 08:23.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunrise. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Durga Ashtami follows the tithi at sunrise. Ashtami runs from 10:01 on Thu 2 Oct to 08:23 on Fri 3 Oct, so it holds sunrise only on Fri 3 Oct, at 05:42. No text giving Durga Ashtami’s time was found; sunrise is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Ashwina Shukla Ashtami
Durga Ashtami follows the tithi at sunrise.
- Smarta
- the day Ashtami holds at sunrise: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.