Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2016

Thursday 14 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 677 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 13 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 14 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 00:11 on Thu 14 Apr to 23:59 on Thu 14 Apr.

    2016-04-13T16:11:16Z → 2016-04-14T15:59:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 40592 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2016: Thursday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2016 falls on Thursday 14 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 00:11 on Thu 14 Apr to 23:59 on Thu 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:11 → 08:5912:3048 min12:290 min13 Apr
Chicago11:11 → 10:5912:2748 min12:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City12:11 → 11:5912:3348 min12:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain12:11 → 11:5911:4319 min11:4217 min14 Apr
London17:11 → 16:5912:370 min12:3748 min14 Apr
Durban18:11 → 17:5911:320 min11:3248 min14 Apr
Dubai20:11 → 19:5911:550 min11:5548 min14 Apr
Delhi21:41 → 21:2911:580 min11:5848 min14 Apr
Kolkata21:41 → 21:2911:130 min11:1348 min14 Apr
Singapore00:11 → 23:5912:410 min12:4148 min14 Apr
Sydney02:11 → 01:5911:310 min11:3148 min14 Apr
Suva04:11 → 03:5911:430 min11:4248 min14 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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