Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2020

Wednesday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 338 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 1 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 2 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 06:20 on Wed 1 Apr to 06:11 on Thu 2 Apr.

    2020-03-31T22:20:10Z → 2020-04-01T22:10:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 20290 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2020: Wednesday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2020 falls on Wednesday 1 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 06:20 on Wed 1 Apr to 06:11 on Thu 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2020/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:20 → 15:1112:330 min12:3348 min1 Apr
Chicago17:20 → 17:1112:310 min12:3148 min1 Apr
Jersey City18:20 → 18:1112:370 min12:3648 min1 Apr
Port of Spain18:20 → 18:1111:460 min11:4648 min1 Apr
London23:20 → 23:1112:410 min12:4148 min1 Apr
Durban00:20 → 00:1111:360 min11:3548 min1 Apr
Dubai02:20 → 02:1111:590 min11:5948 min1 Apr
Delhi03:50 → 03:4112:010 min12:0148 min1 Apr
Kolkata03:50 → 03:4111:170 min11:1748 min1 Apr
Singapore06:20 → 06:1112:450 min12:4448 min1 Apr
Sydney09:20 → 09:1112:350 min12:3548 min1 Apr
Suva10:20 → 10:1111:460 min11:4648 min1 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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