Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1972

Wednesday 22 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 532 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 21 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 22:51 on Tue 21 Mar to 21:42 on Wed 22 Mar.

    1972-03-21T14:51:13Z → 1972-03-22T13:41:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 21st, 12:01–12:49 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 31936 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1972: Wednesday 22 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1972 falls on Wednesday 22 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:51 on Tue 21 Mar to 21:42 on Wed 22 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:51 → 05:4211:3648 min11:360 min21 Mar
Chicago08:51 → 07:4211:3448 min11:340 min21 Mar
Jersey City09:51 → 08:4211:4048 min11:390 min21 Mar
Port of Spain10:51 → 09:4211:4948 min11:490 min21 Mar
London15:51 → 14:4212:440 min12:4448 min22 Mar
Durban16:51 → 15:4211:390 min11:3948 min22 Mar
Dubai18:51 → 17:4212:020 min12:0248 min22 Mar
Delhi20:21 → 19:1212:050 min12:0448 min22 Mar
Kolkata20:21 → 19:1211:200 min11:2048 min22 Mar
Singapore22:21 → 21:1212:180 min12:1848 min22 Mar
Sydney00:51 → 23:4211:380 min11:3848 min22 Mar
Suva02:51 → 01:4211:500 min11:4948 min22 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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