Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2014

Monday 7 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 375 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 Monday 7 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 8 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 03:23 on Mon 7 Apr to 05:42 on Tue 8 Apr.

    2014-04-06T19:23:01Z → 2014-04-07T21:41:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 7th, 11:56–12:44 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 22483 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2014: Monday 7 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2014 falls on Monday 7 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:23 on Mon 7 Apr to 05:42 on Tue 8 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:23 → 14:4212:3248 min12:3148 min7 Apr
Chicago14:23 → 16:4212:290 min12:2948 min7 Apr
Jersey City15:23 → 17:4212:350 min12:3548 min7 Apr
Port of Spain15:23 → 17:4211:450 min11:4448 min7 Apr
London20:23 → 22:4212:390 min12:3948 min7 Apr
Durban21:23 → 23:4211:340 min11:3448 min7 Apr
Dubai23:23 → 01:4211:570 min11:5748 min7 Apr
Delhi00:53 → 03:1212:000 min12:0048 min7 Apr
Kolkata00:53 → 03:1211:150 min11:1548 min7 Apr
Singapore03:23 → 05:4212:430 min12:4348 min7 Apr
Sydney05:23 → 07:4211:330 min11:3348 min7 Apr
Suva07:23 → 09:4211:450 min11:4448 min7 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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