Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2055

Wednesday 29 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 95 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 Tuesday 28 September

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 September

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:44  12:32 madhyāhna ends
10:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:20

48 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 14:08 on Tue 28 Sep to 14:34 on Wed 29 Sep.

    2055-09-28T06:07:43Z → 2055-09-29T06:34:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 28th, 11:44–12:32 on the 29th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 5702 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Baoding, 2055: Wednesday 29 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahānavamī 2055 falls on Wednesday 29 September. Navamī runs from 14:08 on Tue 28 Sep to 14:34 on Wed 29 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2055/mahanavami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 29 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 29 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 29 Sep
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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:08 → 23:3412:1948 min12:190 min28 Sep
Chicago01:08 → 01:3412:1748 min12:170 min28 Sep
Jersey City02:08 → 02:3412:2348 min12:220 min28 Sep
Port of Spain02:08 → 02:3411:3348 min11:320 min28 Sep
London07:08 → 07:3412:2748 min12:260 min28 Sep
Durban08:08 → 08:3411:2348 min11:230 min28 Sep
Dubai10:08 → 10:3411:4548 min11:450 min28 Sep
Delhi11:38 → 12:0411:4848 min11:4717 min28 Sep
Kolkata11:38 → 12:0411:0313 min11:0348 min28 Sep
Singapore14:08 → 14:3412:310 min12:3148 min29 Sep
Sydney16:08 → 16:3411:220 min11:2248 min29 Sep
Suva18:08 → 18:3411:330 min11:3348 min29 Sep
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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