Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1984

Thursday 1 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 357 minutes.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 1 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 2 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

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 03:49 on Thu 1 Nov to 05:38 on Fri 2 Nov.

    1984-11-01T01:49:12Z → 1984-11-02T03:38:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 1st, 11:35–12:23 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 21390 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Bucharest, 1984: Thursday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Durgā Navamī 1984 falls on Thursday 1 November. Navamī runs from 03:49 on Thu 1 Nov to 05:38 on Fri 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1984/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 1 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:49 → 19:3811:1248 min11:120 min1 Nov
Chicago19:49 → 21:3811:1048 min11:100 min1 Nov
Jersey City20:49 → 22:3811:1648 min11:160 min1 Nov
Port of Spain21:49 → 23:3811:2648 min11:260 min1 Nov
London01:49 → 03:3811:2048 min11:200 min1 Nov
Durban03:49 → 05:3811:1648 min11:160 min1 Nov
Dubai05:49 → 07:3811:3848 min11:380 min1 Nov
Delhi07:19 → 09:0811:4048 min11:400 min1 Nov
Kolkata07:19 → 09:0810:5648 min10:560 min1 Nov
Singapore09:49 → 11:3812:2448 min12:240 min1 Nov
Sydney12:49 → 14:3812:1514 min12:1548 min1 Nov
Suva13:49 → 15:3811:260 min11:2648 min2 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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