Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1939

Tuesday 28 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 172 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 Tuesday 28 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 09:08 on Tue 28 Mar to 07:17 on Wed 29 Mar.

    1939-03-28T01:08:04Z → 1939-03-28T23:16:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 12:00–12:48 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 10314 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1939: Tuesday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1939 falls on Tuesday 28 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:08 on Tue 28 Mar to 07:17 on Wed 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1939/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 28 Mar
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:08 → 15:1711:3548 min11:340 min28 Mar
Chicago19:08 → 17:1711:3248 min11:320 min28 Mar
Jersey City20:08 → 18:1711:3848 min11:380 min28 Mar
Port of Spain21:08 → 19:1711:4748 min11:470 min28 Mar
London01:08 → 23:1711:4248 min11:420 min28 Mar
Durban03:08 → 01:1711:3748 min11:370 min28 Mar
Dubai05:08 → 03:1712:0048 min12:000 min28 Mar
Delhi06:38 → 04:4712:0348 min12:020 min28 Mar
Kolkata06:38 → 04:4711:1848 min11:180 min28 Mar
Singapore08:28 → 06:3712:0648 min12:060 min28 Mar
Sydney11:08 → 09:1711:3648 min11:360 min28 Mar
Suva13:08 → 11:1711:480 min11:470 min29 Mar
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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