Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2021

Tuesday 20 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 519 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 20 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 21 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 02:32 on Tue 20 Apr to 03:14 on Wed 21 Apr.

    2021-04-19T18:31:59Z → 2021-04-20T19:13:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 20th, 11:53–12:41 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 31163 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2021: Tuesday 20 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2021 falls on Tuesday 20 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 02:32 on Tue 20 Apr to 03:14 on Wed 21 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2021/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:32 → 12:1412:2848 min12:280 min19 Apr
Chicago13:32 → 14:1412:260 min12:2648 min20 Apr
Jersey City14:32 → 15:1412:320 min12:3148 min20 Apr
Port of Spain14:32 → 15:1411:410 min11:4148 min20 Apr
London19:32 → 20:1412:360 min12:3648 min20 Apr
Durban20:32 → 21:1411:310 min11:3148 min20 Apr
Dubai22:32 → 23:1411:540 min11:5448 min20 Apr
Delhi00:02 → 00:4411:560 min11:5648 min20 Apr
Kolkata00:02 → 00:4411:120 min11:1248 min20 Apr
Singapore02:32 → 03:1412:400 min12:4048 min20 Apr
Sydney04:32 → 05:1411:300 min11:3048 min20 Apr
Suva06:32 → 07:1411:410 min11:4148 min20 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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