Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2085

Monday 2 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 481 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 Sunday 1 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 2 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 20:48 on Sun 1 Apr to 23:04 on Mon 2 Apr.

    2085-04-01T12:47:53Z → 2085-04-02T15:03:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 48 of 48 on the 2nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 28885 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2085: Monday 2 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2085 falls on Monday 2 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:48 on Sun 1 Apr to 23:04 on Mon 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2085/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 2 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 2 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 2 Apr
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/bhavani-utpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 8 Annapurna puja (Beng.) (paraviddha), Bhavani-utpatti (paraviddha), Asokastami (Special when combined with naks. Punarvasu and Wednesday, after mid-day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:48 → 08:0412:3348 min12:330 min1 Apr
Chicago07:48 → 10:0412:3148 min12:300 min1 Apr
Jersey City08:48 → 11:0412:3648 min12:360 min1 Apr
Port of Spain08:48 → 11:0411:4648 min11:460 min1 Apr
London13:48 → 16:0412:410 min12:4148 min2 Apr
Durban14:48 → 17:0411:360 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Dubai16:48 → 19:0411:590 min11:5948 min2 Apr
Delhi18:18 → 20:3412:010 min12:0148 min2 Apr
Kolkata18:18 → 20:3411:170 min11:1648 min2 Apr
Singapore20:48 → 23:0412:450 min12:4448 min2 Apr
Sydney22:48 → 01:0411:350 min11:3548 min2 Apr
Suva00:48 → 03:0411:460 min11:4648 min2 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bhavani-utpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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