Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2003

Thursday 10 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 392 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 9 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 10 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 19:16 on Wed 9 Apr to 19:52 on Thu 10 Apr.

    2003-04-09T11:16:16Z → 2003-04-10T11:51:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 9th, 11:56–12:44 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 23520 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2003: Thursday 10 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2003 falls on Thursday 10 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 19:16 on Wed 9 Apr to 19:52 on Thu 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:16 → 04:5212:3148 min12:310 min9 Apr
Chicago06:16 → 06:5212:2948 min12:280 min9 Apr
Jersey City07:16 → 07:5212:3448 min12:340 min9 Apr
Port of Spain07:16 → 07:5211:4448 min11:440 min9 Apr
London12:16 → 12:5212:3948 min12:3813 min10 Apr
Durban13:16 → 13:5211:330 min11:3348 min10 Apr
Dubai15:16 → 15:5211:570 min11:5648 min10 Apr
Delhi16:46 → 17:2211:590 min11:5948 min10 Apr
Kolkata16:46 → 17:2211:140 min11:1448 min10 Apr
Singapore19:16 → 19:5212:420 min12:4248 min10 Apr
Sydney21:16 → 21:5211:330 min11:3248 min10 Apr
Suva23:16 → 23:5211:440 min11:4448 min10 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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