Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2068

Sunday 4 November

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 6 min 59 s.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 3 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:12  12:00 madhyāhna ends
10:2410:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:48

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:12  12:00 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:53:15
10:2410:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:48

41 of 48 minutes covered, the first 41

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 13:52 on Sat 3 Nov to 11:53 on Sun 4 Nov.

    2068-11-03T07:51:52Z → 2068-11-04T05:53:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:12–12:00 on the 3rd, 11:12–12:00 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 41 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 419 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Chattogram, 2068: Sunday 4 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Durgā Navamī 2068 falls on Sunday 4 November. Navamī runs from 13:52 on Sat 3 Nov to 11:53 on Sun 4 Nov and covers 41 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2068/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:52 → 22:5312:1248 min11:120 min3 Nov
Chicago02:52 → 00:5312:1048 min11:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City03:52 → 01:5312:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain03:52 → 01:5311:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London07:52 → 05:5311:2048 min11:200 min3 Nov
Durban09:52 → 07:5311:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Dubai11:52 → 09:5311:3834 min11:380 min3 Nov
Delhi13:22 → 11:2311:410 min11:410 min4 Nov
Kolkata13:22 → 11:2310:560 min10:5627 min4 Nov
Singapore15:52 → 13:5312:240 min12:2448 min4 Nov
Sydney18:52 → 16:5312:150 min12:1548 min4 Nov
Suva19:52 → 17:5311:260 min11:2648 min4 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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