Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1902

Tuesday 15 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 576 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 15 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 16 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 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 02:18 on Tue 15 Apr to 00:40 on Wed 16 Apr.

    1902-04-14T18:18:23Z → 1902-04-15T16:39:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 15th, 11:55–12:43 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 34586 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1902: Tuesday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1902 falls on Tuesday 15 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:18 on Tue 15 Apr to 00:40 on Wed 16 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:18 → 08:4011:3048 min11:290 min14 Apr
Chicago12:18 → 10:4011:270 min11:270 min15 Apr
Jersey City13:18 → 11:4011:330 min11:337 min15 Apr
Port of Spain14:18 → 12:4011:430 min11:4248 min15 Apr
London18:18 → 16:4011:380 min11:3748 min15 Apr
Durban19:48 → 18:1011:020 min11:0248 min15 Apr
Dubai21:59 → 20:2111:360 min11:3648 min15 Apr
Delhi23:39 → 22:0111:490 min11:4948 min15 Apr
Kolkata23:39 → 22:0111:040 min11:0448 min15 Apr
Singapore01:13 → 23:3511:360 min11:3648 min15 Apr
Sydney04:18 → 02:4011:320 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva06:13 → 04:3511:380 min11:3848 min15 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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