Midday of Thursday 4 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:14 12:02 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:27:27
10:2610:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:50
35 of 48 minutes covered, the last 35
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2038
Boundaryin Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 32 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 4 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
35 of 48 minutes covered, the last 35
Midday of Friday 5 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:27 on Thu 4 Nov to 12:05 on Fri 5 Nov.
2038-11-04T09:27:28Z → 2038-11-05T10:04:58Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:14–12:02 on the 4th, 11:14–12:02 on the 5th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 35 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.
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 152 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Cairo, 2038: Thursday 4 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Cairo, Durgā Navamī 2038 falls on Thursday 4 November. Navamī runs from 11:27 on Thu 4 Nov to 12:05 on Fri 5 Nov and covers 35 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 32 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 4 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 4 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 4 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 02:27 → 03:05 | 12:12 | 48 min | 12:12 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Chicago | 04:27 → 05:05 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Jersey City | 05:27 → 06:05 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 05:27 → 06:05 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| London | 09:27 → 10:05 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 4 Nov |
| Durban | 11:27 → 12:05 | 11:16 | 36 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 4 Nov |
| Dubai | 13:27 → 14:05 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Delhi | 14:57 → 15:35 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Kolkata | 14:57 → 15:35 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Singapore | 17:27 → 18:05 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Sydney | 20:27 → 21:05 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 21:27 → 22:05 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 5 Nov |