Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2007

Monday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 74 minutes.

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 Sunday 25 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

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

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 14:41 on Sun 25 Mar to 14:02 on Mon 26 Mar.

    2007-03-25T06:41:06Z → 2007-03-26T06:02:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 4430 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2007: Monday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2007 falls on Monday 26 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:41 on Sun 25 Mar to 14:02 on Mon 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:41 → 23:0212:3548 min12:350 min25 Mar
Chicago01:41 → 01:0212:3348 min12:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City02:41 → 02:0212:3948 min12:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain02:41 → 02:0211:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London07:41 → 07:0212:4348 min12:430 min25 Mar
Durban08:41 → 08:0211:3848 min11:370 min25 Mar
Dubai10:41 → 10:0212:0148 min12:010 min25 Mar
Delhi12:11 → 11:3212:0340 min12:030 min25 Mar
Kolkata12:11 → 11:3211:190 min11:1914 min26 Mar
Singapore14:41 → 14:0212:470 min12:4648 min26 Mar
Sydney16:41 → 16:0211:370 min11:3748 min26 Mar
Suva18:41 → 18:0211:480 min11:4848 min26 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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