Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1908

Thursday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 8 April

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:21:49
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 9 April

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 11:22 on Wed 8 Apr to 13:46 on Thu 9 Apr.

    1908-04-08T03:21:50Z → 1908-04-09T05:45:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 2082 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1908: Thursday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1908 falls on Thursday 9 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:22 on Wed 8 Apr to 13:46 on Thu 9 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1908/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:22 → 21:4611:3148 min11:310 min8 Apr
Chicago21:22 → 23:4611:2948 min11:290 min8 Apr
Jersey City22:22 → 00:4611:3548 min11:340 min8 Apr
Port of Spain23:22 → 01:4611:4448 min11:440 min8 Apr
London03:22 → 05:4611:3948 min11:390 min8 Apr
Durban05:22 → 07:4611:3448 min11:330 min8 Apr
Dubai07:03 → 09:2711:3848 min11:380 min8 Apr
Delhi08:52 → 11:1611:5948 min11:590 min8 Apr
Kolkata08:52 → 11:1611:1548 min11:141 min9 Apr
Singapore10:22 → 12:4611:4348 min11:4248 min9 Apr
Sydney13:22 → 15:4611:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva15:17 → 17:4111:390 min11:3948 min9 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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