Midday of Tuesday 29 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 12:42 13:30 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:35:01
11:5412:1812:4213:0613:3013:5414:18
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1998
Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 35 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 29 September
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 30 September
Qualifies with 8 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
8 of 48 minutes covered, the first 8
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:35 on Tue 29 Sep to 12:49 on Wed 30 Sep.
1998-09-29T09:35:01Z → 1998-09-30T09:49:27Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:42–13:30 on the 29th, 12:41–13:29 on the 30th.
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 29th and 8 of 48 on the 30th.
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 395 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Bucharest, 1998: Tuesday 29 September.
confidence: determinate
In Bucharest, Mahānavamī 1998 falls on Tuesday 29 September. Navamī runs from 12:35 on Tue 29 Sep to 12:49 on Wed 30 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 8 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 29 Sep |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 29 Sep |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 29 Sep |
| 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 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:35 → 02:49 | 12:19 | 48 min | 12:19 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Chicago | 04:35 → 04:49 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Jersey City | 05:35 → 05:49 | 12:22 | 48 min | 12:22 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Port of Spain | 05:35 → 05:49 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| London | 10:35 → 10:49 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 29 Sep |
| Durban | 11:35 → 11:49 | 11:23 | 36 min | 11:22 | 27 min | 29 Sep |
| Dubai | 13:35 → 13:49 | 11:45 | 0 min | 11:45 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Delhi | 15:05 → 15:19 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Kolkata | 15:05 → 15:19 | 11:03 | 0 min | 11:03 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Singapore | 17:35 → 17:49 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Sydney | 19:35 → 19:49 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 30 Sep |
| Suva | 21:35 → 21:49 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 30 Sep |