Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2001

Saturday 24 November

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 394 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Friday 23 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:15  12:03 madhyāhna ends
10:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:51

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 24 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:15  12:03 madhyāhna ends
10:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:51

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 18:37 on Fri 23 Nov to 21:06 on Sat 24 Nov.

    2001-11-23T12:36:51Z → 2001-11-24T15:06:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:15–12:03 on the 23rd, 11:15–12:03 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 23633 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Chattogram, 2001: Saturday 24 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Durgā Navamī 2001 falls on Saturday 24 November. Navamī runs from 18:37 on Fri 23 Nov to 21:06 on Sat 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2001/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:37 → 07:0611:1548 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago06:37 → 09:0611:1348 min11:130 min23 Nov
Jersey City07:37 → 10:0611:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain08:37 → 11:0611:2948 min11:290 min23 Nov
London12:37 → 15:0611:230 min11:2348 min24 Nov
Durban14:37 → 17:0611:180 min11:1948 min24 Nov
Dubai16:37 → 19:0611:410 min11:4148 min24 Nov
Delhi18:07 → 20:3611:430 min11:4448 min24 Nov
Kolkata18:07 → 20:3610:590 min10:5948 min24 Nov
Singapore20:37 → 23:0612:270 min12:2748 min24 Nov
Sydney23:37 → 02:0612:180 min12:1848 min24 Nov
Suva00:37 → 03:0611:290 min11:2948 min24 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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