Midday of Friday 9 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:41 12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2054
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 42 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 9 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 10 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 10:15 on Fri 9 Oct to 12:30 on Sat 10 Oct.
2054-10-09T02:15:14Z → 2054-10-10T04:29:39Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 9th, 11:41–12:29 on the 10th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 42 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Baoding, 2054: Friday 9 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mahānavamī 2054 falls on Friday 9 October. Navamī runs from 10:15 on Fri 9 Oct to 12:30 on Sat 10 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 0 min 42 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 9 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 9 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 9 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Madhyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:15 → 21:30 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Chicago | 21:15 → 23:30 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Jersey City | 22:15 → 00:30 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 22:15 → 00:30 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| London | 03:15 → 05:30 | 12:23 | 48 min | 12:23 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Durban | 04:15 → 06:30 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Dubai | 06:15 → 08:30 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Delhi | 07:45 → 10:00 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Kolkata | 07:45 → 10:00 | 11:00 | 48 min | 10:59 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Singapore | 10:15 → 12:30 | 12:28 | 48 min | 12:28 | 2 min | 9 Oct |
| Sydney | 13:15 → 15:30 | 12:19 | 0 min | 12:19 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Suva | 14:15 → 16:30 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 10 Oct |