Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1971

Saturday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 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 Friday 2 April

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:30:51
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 3 April

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

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 12:12:50
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

15 of 48 minutes covered, the first 15

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 11:31 on Fri 2 Apr to 12:13 on Sat 3 Apr.

    1971-04-02T03:30:52Z → 1971-04-03T04:12:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 15 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 886 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1971: Saturday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1971 falls on Saturday 3 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:31 on Fri 2 Apr to 12:13 on Sat 3 Apr and covers 15 of 48 minutes 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/1971/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:31 → 20:1311:3348 min11:330 min2 Apr
Chicago21:31 → 22:1311:3148 min11:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City22:31 → 23:1311:3648 min11:360 min2 Apr
Port of Spain23:31 → 00:1311:4648 min11:460 min2 Apr
London04:31 → 05:1312:4148 min12:410 min2 Apr
Durban05:31 → 06:1311:3548 min11:350 min2 Apr
Dubai07:31 → 08:1311:5948 min11:580 min2 Apr
Delhi09:01 → 09:4312:0148 min12:010 min2 Apr
Kolkata09:01 → 09:4311:1748 min11:160 min2 Apr
Singapore11:01 → 11:4312:1448 min12:140 min2 Apr
Sydney13:31 → 14:1311:350 min11:3548 min3 Apr
Suva15:31 → 16:1311:460 min11:4648 min3 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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