Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1986

Thursday 17 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 283 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 17 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 18 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 05:49 on Thu 17 Apr to 07:11 on Fri 18 Apr.

    1986-04-16T21:49:02Z → 1986-04-17T23:10:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 17th, 11:54–12:42 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 16993 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1986: Thursday 17 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1986 falls on Thursday 17 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 05:49 on Thu 17 Apr to 07:11 on Fri 18 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1986/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:49 → 15:1111:290 min11:2948 min17 Apr
Chicago15:49 → 17:1111:270 min11:2748 min17 Apr
Jersey City16:49 → 18:1111:320 min11:3248 min17 Apr
Port of Spain17:49 → 19:1111:420 min11:4248 min17 Apr
London22:49 → 00:1112:370 min12:3748 min17 Apr
Durban23:49 → 01:1111:320 min11:3148 min17 Apr
Dubai01:49 → 03:1111:550 min11:5548 min17 Apr
Delhi03:19 → 04:4111:570 min11:5748 min17 Apr
Kolkata03:19 → 04:4111:130 min11:1248 min17 Apr
Singapore05:49 → 07:1112:410 min12:4048 min17 Apr
Sydney07:49 → 09:1111:310 min11:3148 min17 Apr
Suva09:49 → 11:1111:420 min11:4248 min17 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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