Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1982

Thursday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 591 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 Thursday 1 April

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

Midday of Friday 2 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 02:08 on Thu 1 Apr to 00:12 on Fri 2 Apr.

    1982-03-31T18:07:44Z → 1982-04-01T16:12:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 35448 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1982: Thursday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1982 falls on Thursday 1 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:08 on Thu 1 Apr to 00:12 on Fri 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:08 → 08:1211:3348 min11:330 min31 Mar
Chicago12:08 → 10:1211:3111 min11:310 min31 Mar
Jersey City13:08 → 11:1211:370 min11:370 min1 Apr
Port of Spain14:08 → 12:1211:460 min11:4626 min1 Apr
London19:08 → 17:1212:410 min12:4148 min1 Apr
Durban20:08 → 18:1211:360 min11:3648 min1 Apr
Dubai22:08 → 20:1211:590 min11:5948 min1 Apr
Delhi23:38 → 21:4212:020 min12:0148 min1 Apr
Kolkata23:38 → 21:4211:170 min11:1748 min1 Apr
Singapore02:08 → 00:1212:450 min12:4548 min1 Apr
Sydney05:08 → 03:1212:350 min12:3548 min1 Apr
Suva06:08 → 04:1211:470 min11:4648 min1 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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