Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1997

Tuesday 15 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 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 Monday 14 April

Qualifies with 34 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:09:16
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

34 of 48 minutes covered, the last 34

Midday of Tuesday 15 April

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

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

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 12:09 on Mon 14 Apr to 13:59 on Tue 15 Apr.

    1997-04-14T04:09:17Z → 1997-04-15T05:59:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 14th, 11:55–12:43 on the 15th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 34 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 866 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1997: Tuesday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1997 falls on Tuesday 15 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:09 on Mon 14 Apr to 13:59 on Tue 15 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 34 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:09 → 22:5912:2948 min12:290 min14 Apr
Chicago23:09 → 00:5912:2748 min12:270 min14 Apr
Jersey City00:09 → 01:5912:3348 min12:330 min14 Apr
Port of Spain00:09 → 01:5911:4248 min11:420 min14 Apr
London05:09 → 06:5912:3748 min12:370 min14 Apr
Durban06:09 → 07:5911:3248 min11:320 min14 Apr
Dubai08:09 → 09:5911:5548 min11:550 min14 Apr
Delhi09:39 → 11:2911:5848 min11:570 min14 Apr
Kolkata09:39 → 11:2911:1348 min11:1316 min15 Apr
Singapore12:09 → 13:5912:4148 min12:4148 min15 Apr
Sydney14:09 → 15:5911:310 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva16:09 → 17:5911:430 min11:4248 min15 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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