Midday of Friday 3 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
Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1998
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 217 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 3 April
Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 4 April
Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 16:26 on Fri 3 Apr to 16:22 on Sat 4 Apr.
1998-04-03T08:26:21Z → 1998-04-04T08:22:25Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 13007 s
Ruling
Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 1998: Saturday 4 April.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 1998 falls on Saturday 4 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 16:26 on Fri 3 Apr to 16:22 on Sat 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 4 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 4 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 4 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bhavani-utpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:26 → 00:22 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 3 Apr |
| Chicago | 02:26 → 02:22 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 3 Apr |
| Jersey City | 03:26 → 03:22 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 3 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 04:26 → 04:22 | 11:45 | 48 min | 11:45 | 0 min | 3 Apr |
| London | 09:26 → 09:22 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 0 min | 3 Apr |
| Durban | 10:26 → 10:22 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 3 Apr |
| Dubai | 12:26 → 12:22 | 11:58 | 20 min | 11:58 | 24 min | 4 Apr |
| Delhi | 13:56 → 13:52 | 12:01 | 0 min | 12:00 | 48 min | 4 Apr |
| Kolkata | 13:56 → 13:52 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 4 Apr |
| Singapore | 16:26 → 16:22 | 12:44 | 0 min | 12:44 | 48 min | 4 Apr |
| Sydney | 18:26 → 18:22 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:34 | 48 min | 4 Apr |
| Suva | 20:26 → 20:22 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 4 Apr |