Midday of Sunday 20 October
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:36 13:24 madhyāhna ends
11:4812:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:12
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1996
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 272 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 20 October
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 21 October
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 08:04 on Sun 20 Oct to 05:50 on Mon 21 Oct.
1996-10-20T05:04:24Z → 1996-10-21T02:49:32Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:36–13:24 on the 20th, 12:36–13:24 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 16296 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Bucharest, 1996: Sunday 20 October.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahānavamī 1996 falls on Sunday 20 October. Navamī runs from 08:04 on Sun 20 Oct to 05:50 on Mon 21 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 20 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 20 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 20 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 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:04 → 19:50 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 00:04 → 21:50 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 01:04 → 22:50 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:04 → 22:50 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 06:04 → 03:50 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 07:04 → 04:50 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:04 → 06:50 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:34 → 08:20 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:34 → 08:20 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 13:04 → 10:50 | 12:25 | 9 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:04 → 12:50 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 17:04 → 14:50 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 21 Oct |