Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2020

Monday 23 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 416 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 Sunday 22 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 23 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

48 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 19:22 on Sun 22 Nov to 21:03 on Mon 23 Nov.

    2020-11-22T17:21:47Z → 2020-11-23T19:02:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 22nd, 11:38–12:26 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 24971 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Bucharest, 2020: Monday 23 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Durgā Navamī 2020 falls on Monday 23 November. Navamī runs from 19:22 on Sun 22 Nov to 21:03 on Mon 23 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2020/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:22 → 11:0311:1548 min11:150 min22 Nov
Chicago11:22 → 13:0311:1339 min11:1348 min22 Nov
Jersey City12:22 → 14:0311:180 min11:1948 min23 Nov
Port of Spain13:22 → 15:0311:280 min11:2948 min23 Nov
London17:22 → 19:0311:230 min11:2348 min23 Nov
Durban19:22 → 21:0311:180 min11:1948 min23 Nov
Dubai21:22 → 23:0311:410 min11:4148 min23 Nov
Delhi22:52 → 00:3311:430 min11:4348 min23 Nov
Kolkata22:52 → 00:3310:590 min10:5948 min23 Nov
Singapore01:22 → 03:0312:270 min12:2748 min23 Nov
Sydney04:22 → 06:0312:170 min12:1848 min23 Nov
Suva05:22 → 07:0311:280 min11:2948 min23 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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