Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2024

Sunday 10 November

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 309 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Saturday 9 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

Midday of Sunday 10 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

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 19:16 on Sat 9 Nov to 17:32 on Sun 10 Nov.

    2024-11-09T17:15:42Z → 2024-11-10T15:31:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:35–12:23 on the 9th, 11:35–12:23 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 18510 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Bucharest, 2024: Sunday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Durgā Navamī 2024 falls on Sunday 10 November. Navamī runs from 19:16 on Sat 9 Nov to 17:32 on Sun 10 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/2024/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:16 → 07:3211:1348 min11:130 min9 Nov
Chicago11:16 → 09:3211:1043 min11:100 min9 Nov
Jersey City12:16 → 10:3211:160 min11:160 min10 Nov
Port of Spain13:16 → 11:3211:260 min11:266 min10 Nov
London17:16 → 15:3211:200 min11:2048 min10 Nov
Durban19:16 → 17:3211:160 min11:1648 min10 Nov
Dubai21:16 → 19:3211:380 min11:3948 min10 Nov
Delhi22:46 → 21:0211:410 min11:4148 min10 Nov
Kolkata22:46 → 21:0210:560 min10:5648 min10 Nov
Singapore01:16 → 23:3212:240 min12:2548 min10 Nov
Sydney04:16 → 02:3212:150 min12:1548 min10 Nov
Suva05:16 → 03:3211:260 min11:2648 min10 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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