Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2002

Saturday 20 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 20 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 21 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 09:22 on Sat 20 Apr to 08:05 on Sun 21 Apr.

    2002-04-20T01:21:57Z → 2002-04-21T00:05:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 20th, 11:53–12:41 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 9091 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2002: Saturday 20 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2002 falls on Saturday 20 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:22 on Sat 20 Apr to 08:05 on Sun 21 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2002/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:22 → 17:0512:2848 min12:280 min20 Apr
Chicago20:22 → 19:0512:2648 min12:260 min20 Apr
Jersey City21:22 → 20:0512:3248 min12:310 min20 Apr
Port of Spain21:22 → 20:0511:4148 min11:410 min20 Apr
London02:22 → 01:0512:3648 min12:360 min20 Apr
Durban03:22 → 02:0511:3148 min11:300 min20 Apr
Dubai05:22 → 04:0511:5448 min11:540 min20 Apr
Delhi06:52 → 05:3511:5648 min11:560 min20 Apr
Kolkata06:52 → 05:3511:1248 min11:110 min20 Apr
Singapore09:22 → 08:0512:4048 min12:390 min20 Apr
Sydney11:22 → 10:0511:3048 min11:300 min20 Apr
Suva13:22 → 12:0511:410 min11:4124 min21 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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