Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2001

Sunday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 260 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 1 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 2 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

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:39 on Sun 1 Apr to 05:54 on Mon 2 Apr.

    2001-03-31T23:38:36Z → 2001-04-01T21:54:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 15589 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2001: Sunday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2001 falls on Sunday 1 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:39 on Sun 1 Apr to 05:54 on Mon 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:39 → 14:5411:330 min12:3348 min1 Apr
Chicago17:39 → 16:5411:310 min12:3148 min1 Apr
Jersey City18:39 → 17:5411:370 min12:3648 min1 Apr
Port of Spain19:39 → 17:5411:460 min11:4648 min1 Apr
London00:39 → 22:5412:410 min12:4148 min1 Apr
Durban01:39 → 23:5411:360 min11:3648 min1 Apr
Dubai03:39 → 01:5411:590 min11:5948 min1 Apr
Delhi05:09 → 03:2412:010 min12:0148 min1 Apr
Kolkata05:09 → 03:2411:170 min11:1748 min1 Apr
Singapore07:39 → 05:5412:450 min12:4548 min1 Apr
Sydney09:39 → 07:5411:350 min11:3548 min1 Apr
Suva11:39 → 09:5411:460 min11:4648 min1 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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