Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2018

Saturday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 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 Saturday 24 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 12:36:14
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

13 of 48 minutes covered, the last 13

Midday of Sunday 25 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 12:36 on Sat 24 Mar to 10:33 on Sun 25 Mar.

    2018-03-24T04:36:14Z → 2018-03-25T02:32:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 13 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 757 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2018: Saturday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2018 falls on Saturday 24 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:36 on Sat 24 Mar to 10:33 on Sun 25 Mar and covers 13 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2018/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:36 → 19:3312:3548 min12:350 min24 Mar
Chicago23:36 → 21:3312:3348 min12:330 min24 Mar
Jersey City00:36 → 22:3312:3948 min12:390 min24 Mar
Port of Spain00:36 → 22:3311:4848 min11:480 min24 Mar
London04:36 → 03:3311:4348 min12:430 min24 Mar
Durban06:36 → 04:3311:3848 min11:380 min24 Mar
Dubai08:36 → 06:3312:0148 min12:010 min24 Mar
Delhi10:06 → 08:0312:0448 min12:030 min24 Mar
Kolkata10:06 → 08:0311:1948 min11:190 min24 Mar
Singapore12:36 → 10:3312:4748 min12:470 min24 Mar
Sydney15:36 → 13:3312:370 min12:3748 min25 Mar
Suva16:36 → 14:3311:490 min11:4848 min25 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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