Midday of Tuesday 12 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:35 12:23 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:31:27
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2002
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 01 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 12 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 13 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:31 on Tue 12 Nov to 13:17 on Wed 13 Nov.
2002-11-12T09:31:27Z → 2002-11-13T11:16:40Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 12th, 11:36–12:24 on the 13th.
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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.
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 241 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Bucharest, 2002: Tuesday 12 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Bucharest, Durgā Navamī 2002 falls on Tuesday 12 November. Navamī runs from 11:31 on Tue 12 Nov to 13:17 on Wed 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 4 min 01 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 12 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 12 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 12 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 12th | Covered | Madhyāhna 13th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 01:31 → 03:17 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Chicago | 03:31 → 05:17 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Jersey City | 04:31 → 06:17 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 05:31 → 07:17 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| London | 09:31 → 11:17 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 12 Nov |
| Durban | 11:31 → 13:17 | 11:16 | 33 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 12 Nov |
| Dubai | 13:31 → 15:17 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Delhi | 15:01 → 16:47 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Kolkata | 15:01 → 16:47 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Singapore | 17:31 → 19:17 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Sydney | 20:31 → 22:17 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Suva | 21:31 → 23:17 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 13 Nov |