Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1938

Tuesday 1 November

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 373 minutes.

Decide it for

22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 1 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:05  11:53 madhyāhna ends
10:1710:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:41

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 2 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:05  11:53 madhyāhna ends
10:1710:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:41

0 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 02:48 on Tue 1 Nov to 04:52 on Wed 2 Nov.

    1938-10-31T20:55:01Z → 1938-11-01T22:58:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:05–11:53 on the 1st, 11:05–11:53 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 22405 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Chattogram, 1938: Tuesday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Durgā Navamī 1938 falls on Tuesday 1 November. Navamī runs from 02:48 on Tue 1 Nov to 04:52 on Wed 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/1938/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:55 → 14:5911:120 min11:1248 min1 Nov
Chicago14:55 → 16:5911:100 min11:1048 min1 Nov
Jersey City15:55 → 17:5911:160 min11:1648 min1 Nov
Port of Spain16:55 → 18:5911:260 min11:2648 min1 Nov
London20:55 → 22:5911:200 min11:2048 min1 Nov
Durban22:55 → 00:5911:160 min11:1648 min1 Nov
Dubai00:55 → 02:5911:380 min11:3848 min1 Nov
Delhi02:25 → 04:2911:410 min11:4148 min1 Nov
Kolkata02:25 → 04:2910:560 min10:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore04:15 → 06:1911:440 min11:4448 min1 Nov
Sydney06:55 → 08:5911:150 min11:1548 min1 Nov
Suva08:55 → 10:5911:260 min11:2648 min1 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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