Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2015

Friday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 468 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 27 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 28 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 03:24 on Fri 27 Mar to 04:12 on Sat 28 Mar.

    2015-03-26T19:24:29Z → 2015-03-27T20:11:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 28081 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2015: Friday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2015 falls on Friday 27 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:24 on Fri 27 Mar to 04:12 on Sat 28 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2015/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:24 → 13:1212:3548 min12:3537 min27 Mar
Chicago14:24 → 15:1212:330 min12:3248 min27 Mar
Jersey City15:24 → 16:1212:380 min12:3848 min27 Mar
Port of Spain15:24 → 16:1211:480 min11:4848 min27 Mar
London19:24 → 20:1211:430 min11:4248 min27 Mar
Durban21:24 → 22:1211:370 min11:3748 min27 Mar
Dubai23:24 → 00:1212:010 min12:0048 min27 Mar
Delhi00:54 → 01:4212:030 min12:0348 min27 Mar
Kolkata00:54 → 01:4211:190 min11:1848 min27 Mar
Singapore03:24 → 04:1212:460 min12:4648 min27 Mar
Sydney06:24 → 07:1212:370 min12:3748 min27 Mar
Suva07:24 → 08:1211:480 min11:4848 min27 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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