Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2038

Wednesday 6 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 375 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 Wednesday 6 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 7 October

Navamī 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

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 05:27 on Wed 6 Oct to 05:04 on Thu 7 Oct.

    2038-10-05T21:27:03Z → 2038-10-06T21:03:37Z

  2. 02

    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′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 22501 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Baoding, 2038: Wednesday 6 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahānavamī 2038 falls on Wednesday 6 October. Navamī runs from 05:27 on Wed 6 Oct to 05:04 on Thu 7 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/mahanavami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 Oct
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/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:27 → 14:0412:170 min12:1748 min6 Oct
Chicago16:27 → 16:0412:150 min12:1448 min6 Oct
Jersey City17:27 → 17:0412:200 min12:2048 min6 Oct
Port of Spain17:27 → 17:0411:300 min11:3048 min6 Oct
London22:27 → 22:0412:240 min12:2448 min6 Oct
Durban23:27 → 23:0411:210 min11:2048 min6 Oct
Dubai01:27 → 01:0411:430 min11:4348 min6 Oct
Delhi02:57 → 02:3411:450 min11:4548 min6 Oct
Kolkata02:57 → 02:3411:010 min11:0148 min6 Oct
Singapore05:27 → 05:0412:290 min12:2948 min6 Oct
Sydney08:27 → 08:0412:200 min12:2048 min6 Oct
Suva09:27 → 09:0411:310 min11:3148 min6 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahanavami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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