Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1996

Wednesday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 453 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 26 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 27 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 20:21 on Tue 26 Mar to 22:43 on Wed 27 Mar.

    1996-03-26T12:21:20Z → 1996-03-27T14:43:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 27189 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1996: Wednesday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1996 falls on Wednesday 27 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:21 on Tue 26 Mar to 22:43 on Wed 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:21 → 06:4311:3548 min11:340 min26 Mar
Chicago06:21 → 08:4311:3248 min11:320 min26 Mar
Jersey City07:21 → 09:4311:3848 min11:380 min26 Mar
Port of Spain08:21 → 10:4311:4848 min11:470 min26 Mar
London12:21 → 14:4311:439 min11:4248 min27 Mar
Durban14:21 → 16:4311:370 min11:3748 min27 Mar
Dubai16:21 → 18:4312:010 min12:0048 min27 Mar
Delhi17:51 → 20:1312:030 min12:0348 min27 Mar
Kolkata17:51 → 20:1311:180 min11:1848 min27 Mar
Singapore20:21 → 22:4312:460 min12:4648 min27 Mar
Sydney23:21 → 01:4312:370 min12:3648 min27 Mar
Suva00:21 → 02:4311:480 min11:4848 min27 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

About Ahargaṇa