Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1900

Saturday 7 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 217 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 6 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 7 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 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 16:27 on Fri 6 Apr to 17:42 on Sat 7 Apr.

    1900-04-06T08:21:57Z → 1900-04-07T09:37:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 6th, 12:02–12:50 on the 7th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 13009 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1900: Saturday 7 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1900 falls on Saturday 7 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:27 on Fri 6 Apr to 17:42 on Sat 7 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1900/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 7 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 7 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 7 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/bhavani-utpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 8 Annapurna puja (Beng.) (paraviddha), Bhavani-utpatti (paraviddha), Asokastami (Special when combined with naks. Punarvasu and Wednesday, after mid-day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:22 → 01:3711:3248 min11:310 min6 Apr
Chicago02:22 → 03:3711:2948 min11:290 min6 Apr
Jersey City03:22 → 04:3711:3548 min11:350 min6 Apr
Port of Spain04:22 → 05:3711:4548 min11:440 min6 Apr
London08:22 → 09:3711:4048 min11:390 min6 Apr
Durban09:52 → 11:0711:0448 min11:043 min7 Apr
Dubai12:03 → 13:1811:3924 min11:3848 min7 Apr
Delhi13:43 → 14:5811:510 min11:5148 min7 Apr
Kolkata13:43 → 14:5811:060 min11:0648 min7 Apr
Singapore15:17 → 16:3211:380 min11:3848 min7 Apr
Sydney18:22 → 19:3711:340 min11:3348 min7 Apr
Suva20:17 → 21:3211:400 min11:4048 min7 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bhavani-utpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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