Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1949

Wednesday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 156 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 6 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 7 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 09:21 on Wed 6 Apr to 08:31 on Thu 7 Apr.

    1949-04-06T01:21:11Z → 1949-04-07T00:30:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 6th, 11:57–12:45 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 9355 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1949: Wednesday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1949 falls on Wednesday 6 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:21 on Wed 6 Apr to 08:31 on Thu 7 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:21 → 16:3111:3248 min11:310 min6 Apr
Chicago19:21 → 18:3111:2948 min11:290 min6 Apr
Jersey City20:21 → 19:3111:3548 min11:350 min6 Apr
Port of Spain21:21 → 20:3111:4548 min11:440 min6 Apr
London02:21 → 01:3112:4048 min12:390 min6 Apr
Durban03:21 → 02:3111:3448 min11:340 min6 Apr
Dubai05:21 → 04:3111:5848 min11:570 min6 Apr
Delhi06:51 → 06:0112:0048 min12:000 min6 Apr
Kolkata06:51 → 06:0111:1548 min11:150 min6 Apr
Singapore08:51 → 08:0112:1348 min12:130 min6 Apr
Sydney11:21 → 10:3111:3448 min11:330 min6 Apr
Suva13:21 → 12:3111:450 min11:4546 min7 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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