Midday of Saturday 22 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:14:41
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2061
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 02 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 22 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 23 October
Qualifies with 47 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the first 47
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:15 on Sat 22 Oct to 12:25 on Sun 23 Oct.
2061-10-22T03:14:42Z → 2061-10-23T04:25:14Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.
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 22nd and 47 of 48 on the 23rd.
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 62 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Baoding, 2061: Saturday 22 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Mahānavamī 2061 falls on Saturday 22 October. Navamī runs from 11:15 on Sat 22 Oct to 12:25 on Sun 23 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 47 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 1 min 02 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 22 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 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:15 → 21:25 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 22:15 → 23:25 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 23:15 → 00:25 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 23:15 → 00:25 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 04:15 → 05:25 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:20 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 05:15 → 06:25 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 07:15 → 08:25 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Delhi | 08:45 → 09:55 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Kolkata | 08:45 → 09:55 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Singapore | 11:15 → 12:25 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Sydney | 14:15 → 15:25 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 15:15 → 16:25 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 23 Oct |