Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1966

Wednesday 30 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 189 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 29 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 30 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 17:21 on Tue 29 Mar to 15:56 on Wed 30 Mar.

    1966-03-29T09:21:05Z → 1966-03-30T07:56:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 11358 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1966: Wednesday 30 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1966 falls on Wednesday 30 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:21 on Tue 29 Mar to 15:56 on Wed 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1966/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:21 → 23:5611:3448 min11:340 min29 Mar
Chicago03:21 → 01:5611:3248 min11:310 min29 Mar
Jersey City04:21 → 02:5611:3848 min11:370 min29 Mar
Port of Spain05:21 → 03:5611:4748 min11:470 min29 Mar
London10:21 → 08:5612:4248 min12:420 min29 Mar
Durban11:21 → 09:5611:3748 min11:360 min29 Mar
Dubai13:21 → 11:5612:000 min12:000 min30 Mar
Delhi14:51 → 13:2612:020 min12:0248 min30 Mar
Kolkata14:51 → 13:2611:180 min11:1748 min30 Mar
Singapore16:51 → 15:2612:160 min12:1548 min30 Mar
Sydney19:21 → 17:5611:360 min11:3648 min30 Mar
Suva21:21 → 19:5611:470 min11:4748 min30 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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