Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2019

Saturday 13 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 89 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 12 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 Saturday 13 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 15:54 on Fri 12 Apr to 14:12 on Sat 13 Apr.

    2019-04-12T07:53:59Z → 2019-04-13T06:11:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 5313 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2019: Saturday 13 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2019 falls on Saturday 13 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 15:54 on Fri 12 Apr to 14:12 on Sat 13 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:54 → 23:1212:3048 min12:300 min12 Apr
Chicago02:54 → 01:1212:2848 min12:280 min12 Apr
Jersey City03:54 → 02:1212:3348 min12:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain03:54 → 02:1211:4348 min11:430 min12 Apr
London08:54 → 07:1212:3848 min12:380 min12 Apr
Durban09:54 → 08:1211:3348 min11:320 min12 Apr
Dubai11:54 → 10:1211:5648 min11:560 min12 Apr
Delhi13:24 → 11:4211:580 min11:580 min13 Apr
Kolkata13:24 → 11:4211:140 min11:1328 min13 Apr
Singapore15:54 → 14:1212:420 min12:4148 min13 Apr
Sydney17:54 → 16:1211:320 min11:3248 min13 Apr
Suva19:54 → 18:1211:430 min11:4348 min13 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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