Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2009

Thursday 2 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 22 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 2 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:36:04
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 3 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 11:36 on Thu 2 Apr to 09:32 on Fri 3 Apr.

    2009-04-02T03:36:05Z → 2009-04-03T01:32:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 1322 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2009: Thursday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2009 falls on Thursday 2 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:36 on Thu 2 Apr to 09:32 on Fri 3 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:36 → 18:3212:3348 min12:320 min2 Apr
Chicago22:36 → 20:3212:3048 min12:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City23:36 → 21:3212:3648 min12:360 min2 Apr
Port of Spain23:36 → 21:3211:4648 min11:450 min2 Apr
London04:36 → 02:3212:4148 min12:400 min2 Apr
Durban05:36 → 03:3211:3548 min11:350 min2 Apr
Dubai07:36 → 05:3211:5948 min11:580 min2 Apr
Delhi09:06 → 07:0212:0148 min12:010 min2 Apr
Kolkata09:06 → 07:0211:1648 min11:160 min2 Apr
Singapore11:36 → 09:3212:4448 min12:440 min2 Apr
Sydney14:36 → 12:3212:350 min12:340 min3 Apr
Suva15:36 → 13:3211:460 min11:4648 min3 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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