Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2089

Monday 18 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 229 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 17 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 18 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 18:47 on Sun 17 Apr to 16:31 on Mon 18 Apr.

    2089-04-17T10:46:38Z → 2089-04-18T08:31:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 17th, 11:54–12:42 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 13765 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Baoding, 2089: Monday 18 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Bhavānī Utpatti 2089 falls on Monday 18 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 18:47 on Sun 17 Apr to 16:31 on Mon 18 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2089/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 18 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 18 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:47 → 01:3112:2948 min12:290 min17 Apr
Chicago05:47 → 03:3112:2748 min12:260 min17 Apr
Jersey City06:47 → 04:3112:3248 min12:320 min17 Apr
Port of Spain06:47 → 04:3111:4248 min11:420 min17 Apr
London11:47 → 09:3112:3748 min12:370 min17 Apr
Durban12:47 → 10:3111:310 min11:310 min18 Apr
Dubai14:47 → 12:3111:550 min11:5437 min18 Apr
Delhi16:17 → 14:0111:570 min11:5748 min18 Apr
Kolkata16:17 → 14:0111:120 min11:1248 min18 Apr
Singapore18:47 → 16:3112:400 min12:4048 min18 Apr
Sydney20:47 → 18:3111:310 min11:3148 min18 Apr
Suva22:47 → 20:3111:420 min11:4248 min18 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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