Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1915

Monday 15 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 16 s.

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 14 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:22:27
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 15 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:59:59
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

40 of 48 minutes covered, the first 40

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 12:22 on Sun 14 Nov to 12:00 on Mon 15 Nov.

    1915-11-14T10:38:03Z → 1915-11-15T10:15:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 14th, 11:20–12:08 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 40 of 48 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 496 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Bucharest, 1915: Monday 15 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Durgā Navamī 1915 falls on Monday 15 November. Navamī runs from 12:22 on Sun 14 Nov to 12:00 on Mon 15 Nov and covers 40 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1915/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 15 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 15 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 14 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:38 → 02:1611:1348 min11:130 min14 Nov
Chicago04:38 → 04:1611:1148 min11:110 min14 Nov
Jersey City05:38 → 05:1611:1748 min11:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain06:38 → 06:1611:2648 min11:270 min14 Nov
London10:38 → 10:1611:2148 min11:210 min14 Nov
Durban12:38 → 12:1611:160 min11:1748 min15 Nov
Dubai14:19 → 13:5711:200 min11:2048 min15 Nov
Delhi16:08 → 15:4611:410 min11:4148 min15 Nov
Kolkata16:08 → 15:4610:570 min10:5748 min15 Nov
Singapore17:38 → 17:1611:250 min11:2548 min15 Nov
Sydney20:38 → 20:1611:160 min11:1648 min15 Nov
Suva22:38 → 22:1611:270 min11:2748 min15 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
durga-navami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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