Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2008

Sunday 13 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 72 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 12 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 13 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 15:17 on Sat 12 Apr to 13:55 on Sun 13 Apr.

    2008-04-12T07:16:58Z → 2008-04-13T05:55:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 12th, 11:55–12:43 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 4341 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2008: Sunday 13 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2008 falls on Sunday 13 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:17 on Sat 12 Apr to 13:55 on Sun 13 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2008/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:17 → 22:5512:3048 min12:300 min12 Apr
Chicago02:17 → 00:5512:2848 min12:270 min12 Apr
Jersey City03:17 → 01:5512:3348 min12:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain03:17 → 01:5511:4348 min11:430 min12 Apr
London08:17 → 06:5512:3848 min12:380 min12 Apr
Durban09:17 → 07:5511:3248 min11:320 min12 Apr
Dubai11:17 → 09:5511:5648 min11:550 min12 Apr
Delhi12:47 → 11:2511:580 min11:580 min13 Apr
Kolkata12:47 → 11:2511:130 min11:1312 min13 Apr
Singapore15:17 → 13:5512:410 min12:4148 min13 Apr
Sydney17:17 → 15:5511:320 min11:3148 min13 Apr
Suva19:17 → 17:5511:430 min11:4348 min13 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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