Midday of Thursday 6 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:08 11:56 madhyāhna ends
10:2010:4411:0811:3211:5612:2012:44
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1913
Boundaryin Ankara, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 56 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 6 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 7 November
Qualifies with 44 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 09:32 on Thu 6 Nov to 11:52 on Fri 7 Nov.
1913-11-06T07:32:17Z → 1913-11-07T09:52:10Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:08–11:56 on the 6th, 11:08–11:56 on the 7th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 44 of 48 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 236 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Ankara, 1913: Thursday 6 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Ankara, Durgā Navamī 1913 falls on Thursday 6 November. Navamī runs from 09:32 on Thu 6 Nov to 11:52 on Fri 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 44 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 3 min 56 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 6 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 6 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 6 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Ankara. | ||
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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:32 → 01:52 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Chicago | 01:32 → 03:52 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Jersey City | 02:32 → 04:52 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 03:32 → 05:52 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| London | 07:32 → 09:52 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Durban | 09:32 → 11:52 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 36 min | 6 Nov |
| Dubai | 11:13 → 13:33 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Delhi | 13:02 → 15:22 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Kolkata | 13:02 → 15:22 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Singapore | 14:32 → 16:52 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Sydney | 17:32 → 19:52 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 7 Nov |
| Suva | 19:27 → 21:47 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 7 Nov |