Midday of Friday 19 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 10:59 11:47 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:02:03
10:1110:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:35
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1920
Boundaryin Beirut, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 47 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 19 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Midday of Saturday 20 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:02 on Fri 19 Nov to 12:12 on Sat 20 Nov.
1920-11-19T09:02:03Z → 1920-11-20T10:11:47Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 19th, 11:00–11:48 on the 20th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.
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 167 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Beirut, 1920: Friday 19 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Beirut, Durgā Navamī 1920 falls on Friday 19 November. Navamī runs from 11:02 on Fri 19 Nov to 12:12 on Sat 20 Nov and covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 47 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 19 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 19 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 19 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Beirut. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 9 Aksaya navami (purvahnavyapini), Jagaddhatri puja (Bengal), (udayavyapini one muhurta), Anla navami (Orissa), Durga navami (purvaviddha), Gauri vrata.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:02 → 02:12 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Chicago | 03:02 → 04:12 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Jersey City | 04:02 → 05:12 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 05:02 → 06:12 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| London | 09:02 → 10:12 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:22 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Durban | 11:02 → 12:12 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 19 Nov |
| Dubai | 13:02 → 14:12 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Delhi | 14:32 → 15:42 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Kolkata | 14:32 → 15:42 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:02 → 17:12 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:02 → 20:12 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Suva | 21:02 → 22:12 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 20 Nov |