Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2004

Monday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 349 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 28 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 29 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 18:37 on Sun 28 Mar to 20:53 on Mon 29 Mar.

    2004-03-28T10:36:37Z → 2004-03-29T12:53:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 11:59–12:47 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 20944 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2004: Monday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2004 falls on Monday 29 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:37 on Sun 28 Mar to 20:53 on Mon 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 Mar
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:37 → 04:5311:3448 min11:340 min28 Mar
Chicago04:37 → 06:5311:3248 min11:320 min28 Mar
Jersey City05:37 → 07:5311:3848 min11:370 min28 Mar
Port of Spain06:37 → 08:5311:4748 min11:470 min28 Mar
London11:37 → 13:5312:4248 min12:4248 min29 Mar
Durban12:37 → 14:5311:370 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Dubai14:37 → 16:5312:000 min12:0048 min29 Mar
Delhi16:07 → 18:2312:020 min12:0248 min29 Mar
Kolkata16:07 → 18:2311:180 min11:1748 min29 Mar
Singapore18:37 → 20:5312:460 min12:4548 min29 Mar
Sydney20:37 → 22:5311:360 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Suva22:37 → 00:5311:470 min11:4748 min29 Mar
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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