Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2064

Sunday 16 November

Determinatein Cairo, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 minutes.

Decide it for

30°04′ N 31°15′ E · Africa/Cairo · GeoNames 360630

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 16 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:01:01
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

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 11:01 on Sun 16 Nov to 13:00 on Mon 17 Nov.

    2064-11-16T09:01:02Z → 2064-11-17T10:59:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:16–12:04 on the 16th, 11:16–12:04 on the 17th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 888 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Cairo, 2064: Sunday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Cairo, Durgā Navamī 2064 falls on Sunday 16 November. Navamī runs from 11:01 on Sun 16 Nov to 13:00 on Mon 17 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.

ahargana.org/cairo/festivals/2064/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Cairo.

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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:01 → 03:0011:1448 min11:140 min16 Nov
Chicago03:01 → 05:0011:1148 min11:120 min16 Nov
Jersey City04:01 → 06:0011:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Port of Spain05:01 → 07:0011:2748 min11:270 min16 Nov
London09:01 → 11:0011:2148 min11:210 min16 Nov
Durban11:01 → 13:0011:1748 min11:1748 min16 Nov
Dubai13:01 → 15:0011:400 min11:4048 min17 Nov
Delhi14:31 → 16:3011:420 min11:4248 min17 Nov
Kolkata14:31 → 16:3010:570 min10:5848 min17 Nov
Singapore17:01 → 19:0012:260 min12:2648 min17 Nov
Sydney20:01 → 22:0012:160 min12:1648 min17 Nov
Suva21:01 → 23:0011:270 min11:2748 min17 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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