Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1978

Saturday 15 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 50 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 15 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 16 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 08:44 on Sat 15 Apr to 11:04 on Sun 16 Apr.

    1978-04-15T00:44:02Z → 1978-04-16T03:04:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 15th, 11:54–12:42 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 3017 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1978: Saturday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1978 falls on Saturday 15 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 08:44 on Sat 15 Apr to 11:04 on Sun 16 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1978/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:44 → 19:0411:2948 min11:290 min15 Apr
Chicago18:44 → 21:0411:2748 min11:270 min15 Apr
Jersey City19:44 → 22:0411:3348 min11:320 min15 Apr
Port of Spain20:44 → 23:0411:4248 min11:420 min15 Apr
London01:44 → 04:0412:3748 min12:370 min15 Apr
Durban02:44 → 05:0411:3248 min11:320 min15 Apr
Dubai04:44 → 07:0411:5548 min11:550 min15 Apr
Delhi06:14 → 08:3411:5748 min11:570 min15 Apr
Kolkata06:14 → 08:3411:1348 min11:130 min15 Apr
Singapore08:14 → 10:3412:1148 min12:110 min15 Apr
Sydney10:44 → 13:0411:3148 min11:3148 min16 Apr
Suva12:44 → 15:0411:420 min11:4248 min16 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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