Midday of Monday 22 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:20 12:08 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:28:06
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56
40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1928
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 31 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 22 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
40 of 48 minutes covered, the last 40
Midday of Tuesday 23 October
Qualifies with 47 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the first 47
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:28 on Mon 22 Oct to 12:07 on Tue 23 Oct.
1928-10-22T09:43:42Z → 1928-10-23T10:23:09Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 22nd, 11:20–12:08 on the 23rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 40 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 47 of 48 on the 23rd.
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 31 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Bucharest, 1928: Monday 22 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Mahānavamī 1928 falls on Monday 22 October. Navamī runs from 11:28 on Mon 22 Oct to 12:07 on Tue 23 Oct and covers 40 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 47 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 0 min 31 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 22 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 22 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 22 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:44 → 02:23 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Chicago | 03:44 → 04:23 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Jersey City | 04:44 → 05:23 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 05:44 → 06:23 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| London | 09:44 → 10:23 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 22 Oct |
| Durban | 11:44 → 12:23 | 11:17 | 21 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 22 Oct |
| Dubai | 13:44 → 14:23 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Delhi | 15:14 → 15:53 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Kolkata | 15:14 → 15:53 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Singapore | 16:44 → 17:23 | 11:25 | 0 min | 11:25 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Sydney | 19:44 → 20:23 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 23 Oct |
| Suva | 21:44 → 22:23 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 23 Oct |