Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2012

Saturday 31 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 131 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 30 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 31 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 14:58 on Fri 30 Mar to 16:12 on Sat 31 Mar.

    2012-03-30T06:57:34Z → 2012-03-31T08:12:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 7839 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2012: Saturday 31 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2012 falls on Saturday 31 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 14:58 on Fri 30 Mar to 16:12 on Sat 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 31 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 31 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:58 → 01:1212:3348 min12:330 min30 Mar
Chicago01:58 → 03:1212:3148 min12:310 min30 Mar
Jersey City02:58 → 04:1212:3748 min12:370 min30 Mar
Port of Spain02:58 → 04:1211:4648 min11:460 min30 Mar
London07:58 → 09:1212:4148 min12:410 min30 Mar
Durban08:58 → 10:1211:3648 min11:360 min30 Mar
Dubai10:58 → 12:1211:5948 min11:5913 min31 Mar
Delhi12:28 → 13:4212:0222 min12:0148 min31 Mar
Kolkata12:28 → 13:4211:170 min11:1748 min31 Mar
Singapore14:58 → 16:1212:450 min12:4548 min31 Mar
Sydney17:58 → 19:1212:350 min12:3548 min31 Mar
Suva18:58 → 20:1211:470 min11:4648 min31 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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