Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2013

Thursday 18 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 149 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 18 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 19 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 07:29 on Thu 18 Apr to 09:25 on Fri 19 Apr.

    2013-04-17T23:29:04Z → 2013-04-19T01:24:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 18th, 11:54–12:42 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 0 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 8922 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2013: Thursday 18 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2013 falls on Thursday 18 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:29 on Thu 18 Apr to 09:25 on Fri 19 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 18 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 18 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:29 → 18:2512:290 min12:280 min18 Apr
Chicago18:29 → 20:2512:260 min12:260 min18 Apr
Jersey City19:29 → 21:2512:320 min12:320 min18 Apr
Port of Spain19:29 → 21:2511:420 min11:410 min18 Apr
London00:29 → 02:2512:370 min12:360 min18 Apr
Durban01:29 → 03:2511:310 min11:310 min18 Apr
Dubai03:29 → 05:2511:540 min11:540 min18 Apr
Delhi04:59 → 06:5511:570 min11:560 min18 Apr
Kolkata04:59 → 06:5511:120 min11:120 min18 Apr
Singapore07:29 → 09:2512:400 min12:400 min18 Apr
Sydney09:29 → 11:2511:310 min11:300 min18 Apr
Suva11:29 → 13:2511:420 min11:4148 min19 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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