Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2076

Wednesday 7 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 25 s.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 6 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

Midday of Wednesday 7 October

Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:33:18
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 13:37 on Tue 6 Oct to 11:33 on Wed 7 Oct.

    2076-10-06T05:36:47Z → 2076-10-07T03:33:18Z

  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 0 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

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 505 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Baoding, 2076: Wednesday 7 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Mahānavamī 2076 falls on Wednesday 7 October. Navamī runs from 13:37 on Tue 6 Oct to 11:33 on Wed 7 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/mahanavami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:37 → 20:3312:1748 min12:160 min6 Oct
Chicago00:37 → 22:3312:1448 min12:140 min6 Oct
Jersey City01:37 → 23:3312:2048 min12:200 min6 Oct
Port of Spain01:37 → 23:3311:3048 min11:300 min6 Oct
London06:37 → 04:3312:2448 min12:240 min6 Oct
Durban07:37 → 05:3311:2048 min11:200 min6 Oct
Dubai09:37 → 07:3311:4348 min11:420 min6 Oct
Delhi11:07 → 09:0311:4548 min11:450 min6 Oct
Kolkata11:07 → 09:0311:0142 min11:000 min6 Oct
Singapore13:37 → 11:3312:290 min12:280 min7 Oct
Sydney16:37 → 14:3312:200 min12:1948 min7 Oct
Suva17:37 → 15:3311:310 min11:3048 min7 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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