Midday of Saturday 29 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:42 12:30 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:53:19
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18
37 of 48 minutes covered, the last 37
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1949
Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.
Decide it for
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One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 29 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
37 of 48 minutes covered, the last 37
Midday of Sunday 30 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:53 on Sat 29 Oct to 13:05 on Sun 30 Oct.
1949-10-29T05:23:20Z → 1949-10-30T06:34:40Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 29th, 11:42–12:30 on the 30th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 37 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.
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 660 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Chattogram, 1949: Saturday 29 October.
confidence: determinate
In Chattogram, Durgā Navamī 1949 falls on Saturday 29 October. Navamī runs from 11:53 on Sat 29 Oct to 13:05 on Sun 30 Oct and covers 37 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 29 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram. | ||
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 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:23 → 22:35 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:23 → 00:35 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:23 → 01:35 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:23 → 02:35 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 06:23 → 06:35 | 12:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 07:23 → 08:35 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:23 → 10:35 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:53 → 12:05 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 24 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:53 → 12:05 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:53 → 14:05 | 11:54 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:23 → 16:35 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 17:23 → 18:35 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 30 Oct |