Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2008

Wednesday 8 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 218 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 Wednesday 8 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 9 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 06:11 on Wed 8 Oct to 08:04 on Thu 9 Oct.

    2008-10-07T22:11:21Z → 2008-10-09T00:03:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 8th, 11:41–12:29 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 13050 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Baoding, 2008: Wednesday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahānavamī 2008 falls on Wednesday 8 October. Navamī runs from 06:11 on Wed 8 Oct to 08:04 on Thu 9 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 Oct
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/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:11 → 17:0412:160 min12:160 min8 Oct
Chicago17:11 → 19:0412:140 min12:130 min8 Oct
Jersey City18:11 → 20:0412:200 min12:190 min8 Oct
Port of Spain18:11 → 20:0411:300 min11:290 min8 Oct
London23:11 → 01:0412:240 min12:230 min8 Oct
Durban00:11 → 02:0411:200 min11:190 min8 Oct
Dubai02:11 → 04:0411:420 min11:420 min8 Oct
Delhi03:41 → 05:3411:450 min11:440 min8 Oct
Kolkata03:41 → 05:3411:000 min11:000 min8 Oct
Singapore06:11 → 08:0412:280 min12:280 min8 Oct
Sydney09:11 → 11:0412:190 min12:190 min8 Oct
Suva10:11 → 12:0411:300 min11:3034 min8 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahanavami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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