Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1944

Friday 31 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 156 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 31 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 1 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 08:56 on Fri 31 Mar to 10:23 on Sat 1 Apr.

    1944-03-30T23:56:26Z → 1944-04-01T01:22:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 31st, 12:59–13:47 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 9339 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1944: Friday 31 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1944 falls on Friday 31 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:56 on Fri 31 Mar to 10:23 on Sat 1 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 31 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 31 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:56 → 18:2312:340 min12:330 min31 Mar
Chicago18:56 → 20:2312:310 min12:310 min31 Mar
Jersey City19:56 → 21:2312:370 min12:370 min31 Mar
Port of Spain20:56 → 22:2312:470 min12:460 min31 Mar
London00:56 → 02:2312:420 min12:410 min31 Mar
Durban01:56 → 03:2311:360 min11:360 min31 Mar
Dubai03:56 → 05:2312:000 min11:590 min31 Mar
Delhi06:26 → 07:5313:020 min13:010 min31 Mar
Kolkata06:26 → 07:5312:170 min12:170 min31 Mar
Singapore08:56 → 10:2313:450 min13:450 min31 Mar
Sydney09:56 → 11:2311:360 min11:350 min31 Mar
Suva11:56 → 13:2311:470 min11:4648 min1 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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