Midday of Wednesday 6 October
Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Navarātrārambha (Navratri) · 2021
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 227 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 6 October
Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 7 October
Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 19:05 on Wed 6 Oct to 16:17 on Thu 7 Oct.
2021-10-06T11:05:24Z → 2021-10-07T08:17:09Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 6th, 11:42–12:30 on the 7th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 13647 s
Ruling
Navarātrārambha, Baoding, 2021: Thursday 7 October.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Navarātrārambha (Navratri) 2021 falls on Thursday 7 October. Pratipadā runs from 19:05 on Wed 6 Oct to 16:17 on Thu 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 7 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 7 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 7 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/navaratra-arambha · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Navaratrarambha (paraviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:05 → 01:17 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Chicago | 06:05 → 03:17 | 12:14 | 48 min | 12:14 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Jersey City | 07:05 → 04:17 | 12:20 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 07:05 → 04:17 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| London | 12:05 → 09:17 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 6 Oct |
| Durban | 13:05 → 10:17 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 7 Oct |
| Dubai | 15:05 → 12:17 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:42 | 35 min | 7 Oct |
| Delhi | 16:35 → 13:47 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Kolkata | 16:35 → 13:47 | 11:01 | 0 min | 11:00 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Singapore | 19:05 → 16:17 | 12:29 | 0 min | 12:28 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Sydney | 22:05 → 19:17 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:19 | 48 min | 7 Oct |
| Suva | 23:05 → 20:17 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 7 Oct |