Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1995

Saturday 8 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 570 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 8 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 00:35 on Sat 8 Apr to 02:27 on Sun 9 Apr.

    1995-04-07T16:34:47Z → 1995-04-08T18:26:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 34175 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1995: Saturday 8 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1995 falls on Saturday 8 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:35 on Sat 8 Apr to 02:27 on Sun 9 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 8 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 8 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:35 → 11:2712:3148 min12:310 min7 Apr
Chicago11:35 → 13:2712:2948 min12:2948 min8 Apr
Jersey City12:35 → 14:2712:3548 min12:3548 min8 Apr
Port of Spain12:35 → 14:2711:440 min11:4448 min8 Apr
London17:35 → 19:2712:390 min12:3948 min8 Apr
Durban18:35 → 20:2711:340 min11:3448 min8 Apr
Dubai20:35 → 22:2711:570 min11:5748 min8 Apr
Delhi22:05 → 23:5712:000 min11:5948 min8 Apr
Kolkata22:05 → 23:5711:150 min11:1548 min8 Apr
Singapore00:35 → 02:2712:430 min12:4348 min8 Apr
Sydney02:35 → 04:2711:330 min11:3348 min8 Apr
Suva04:35 → 06:2711:450 min11:4448 min8 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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