Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2000

Tuesday 11 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 84 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 11 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 12 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 10:31 on Tue 11 Apr to 08:33 on Wed 12 Apr.

    2000-04-11T02:31:05Z → 2000-04-12T00:32:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 11th, 11:55–12:43 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 5067 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2000: Tuesday 11 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2000 falls on Tuesday 11 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 10:31 on Tue 11 Apr to 08:33 on Wed 12 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 11 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 11 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:31 → 17:3312:3048 min12:300 min11 Apr
Chicago21:31 → 19:3312:2848 min12:280 min11 Apr
Jersey City22:31 → 20:3312:3448 min12:330 min11 Apr
Port of Spain22:31 → 20:3311:4348 min11:430 min11 Apr
London03:31 → 01:3312:3848 min12:380 min11 Apr
Durban04:31 → 02:3311:3348 min11:320 min11 Apr
Dubai06:31 → 04:3311:5648 min11:560 min11 Apr
Delhi08:01 → 06:0311:5848 min11:580 min11 Apr
Kolkata08:01 → 06:0311:1448 min11:130 min11 Apr
Singapore10:31 → 08:3312:4248 min12:410 min11 Apr
Sydney12:31 → 10:3311:320 min11:320 min12 Apr
Suva14:31 → 12:3311:430 min11:4348 min12 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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