Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2005

Saturday 16 April

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 11 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 16 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 17 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:49:55
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 09:26 on Sat 16 Apr to 11:50 on Sun 17 Apr.

    2005-04-16T01:25:38Z → 2005-04-17T03:49:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 16th, 11:54–12:42 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 251 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2005: Saturday 16 April.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2005 falls on Saturday 16 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 09:26 on Sat 16 Apr to 11:50 on Sun 17 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 11 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:26 → 20:5012:2948 min12:290 min16 Apr
Chicago20:26 → 22:5012:2748 min12:260 min16 Apr
Jersey City21:26 → 23:5012:3248 min12:320 min16 Apr
Port of Spain21:26 → 23:5011:4248 min11:420 min16 Apr
London02:26 → 04:5012:3748 min12:370 min16 Apr
Durban03:26 → 05:5011:3148 min11:310 min16 Apr
Dubai05:26 → 07:5011:5548 min11:550 min16 Apr
Delhi06:56 → 09:2011:5748 min11:570 min16 Apr
Kolkata06:56 → 09:2011:1348 min11:120 min16 Apr
Singapore09:26 → 11:5012:4048 min12:400 min16 Apr
Sydney11:26 → 13:5011:3148 min11:3148 min17 Apr
Suva13:26 → 15:5011:420 min11:4248 min17 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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