Midday of Tuesday 4 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 10:51 11:39 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:40:05
10:0310:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:27
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1924
Boundaryin Aleppo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 18 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 4 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 5 November
Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:40 on Tue 4 Nov to 10:47 on Wed 5 Nov.
1924-11-04T09:40:05Z → 1924-11-05T08:46:36Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:51–11:39 on the 4th, 10:51–11:39 on the 5th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 78 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Aleppo, 1924: Wednesday 5 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Aleppo, Durgā Navamī 1924 falls on Wednesday 5 November. Navamī runs from 11:40 on Tue 4 Nov to 10:47 on Wed 5 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 1 min 18 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 5 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 5 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 4 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Aleppo. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 9 Aksaya navami (purvahnavyapini), Jagaddhatri puja (Bengal), (udayavyapini one muhurta), Anla navami (Orissa), Durga navami (purvaviddha), Gauri vrata.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:40 → 00:47 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Chicago | 03:40 → 02:47 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 04:40 → 03:47 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 05:40 → 04:47 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 09:40 → 08:47 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 11:40 → 10:47 | 11:16 | 24 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 13:40 → 12:47 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:10 → 14:17 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:10 → 14:17 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:40 → 15:47 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:40 → 18:47 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 21:40 → 20:47 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 5 Nov |