Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1901

Tuesday 22 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 101 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 21 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 22 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:39  12:27 madhyāhna ends
10:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 14:13 on Mon 21 Oct to 14:07 on Tue 22 Oct.

    1901-10-21T06:13:12Z → 1901-10-22T06:07:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:39–12:27 on the 21st, 11:39–12:27 on the 22nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 6051 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Baoding, 1901: Tuesday 22 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahānavamī 1901 falls on Tuesday 22 October. Navamī runs from 14:13 on Mon 21 Oct to 14:07 on Tue 22 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1901/mahanavami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 Oct
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/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:13 → 22:0711:1348 min11:130 min21 Oct
Chicago00:13 → 00:0711:1148 min11:110 min21 Oct
Jersey City01:13 → 01:0711:1748 min11:170 min21 Oct
Port of Spain02:13 → 02:0711:2748 min11:270 min21 Oct
London06:13 → 06:0711:2148 min11:210 min21 Oct
Durban07:43 → 07:3710:4748 min10:470 min21 Oct
Dubai09:54 → 09:4811:2048 min11:200 min21 Oct
Delhi11:34 → 11:2811:3346 min11:330 min21 Oct
Kolkata11:34 → 11:2810:482 min10:4840 min21 Oct
Singapore13:08 → 13:0211:200 min11:2048 min22 Oct
Sydney16:13 → 16:0711:160 min11:1648 min22 Oct
Suva18:08 → 18:0211:220 min11:2248 min22 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahanavami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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