Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1934

Tuesday 16 October

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 188 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 16 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 08:29 on Tue 16 Oct to 06:22 on Wed 17 Oct.

    1934-10-16T06:29:14Z → 1934-10-17T04:22:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 16th, 11:37–12:25 on the 17th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 11265 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Bucharest, 1934: Tuesday 16 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Mahānavamī 1934 falls on Tuesday 16 October. Navamī runs from 08:29 on Tue 16 Oct to 06:22 on Wed 17 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1934/mahanavami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 16 Oct
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/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:29 → 20:2211:1448 min11:140 min16 Oct
Chicago00:29 → 22:2211:1248 min11:120 min16 Oct
Jersey City01:29 → 23:2211:1848 min11:170 min16 Oct
Port of Spain02:29 → 00:2211:2848 min11:270 min16 Oct
London06:29 → 04:2211:2248 min11:220 min16 Oct
Durban08:29 → 06:2211:1848 min11:180 min16 Oct
Dubai10:29 → 08:2211:4048 min11:400 min16 Oct
Delhi11:59 → 09:5211:4331 min11:420 min16 Oct
Kolkata11:59 → 09:5210:580 min10:580 min17 Oct
Singapore13:49 → 11:4211:460 min11:460 min17 Oct
Sydney16:29 → 14:2211:170 min11:1748 min17 Oct
Suva18:29 → 16:2211:280 min11:2848 min17 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahanavami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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