Midday of Friday 19 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:12 12:00 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:07:08
10:2410:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:48
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2004
Boundaryin Chicago, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 49 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 19 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 20 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:07 on Fri 19 Nov to 10:05 on Sat 20 Nov.
2004-11-19T17:07:09Z → 2004-11-20T16:04:58Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:12–12:00 on the 19th, 11:12–12:00 on the 20th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 289 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Chicago, 2004: Friday 19 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Chicago, Durgā Navamī 2004 falls on Friday 19 November. Navamī runs from 11:07 on Fri 19 Nov to 10:05 on Sat 20 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 49 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 19 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 19 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 19 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Chicago. | ||
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 19th | Covered | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:07 → 08:05 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Chicago | 11:07 → 10:05 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 19 Nov |
| Jersey City | 12:07 → 11:05 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 20 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 13:07 → 12:05 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 37 min | 20 Nov |
| London | 17:07 → 16:05 | 11:22 | 0 min | 11:22 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Durban | 19:07 → 18:05 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:07 → 20:05 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:37 → 21:35 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:37 → 21:35 | 10:58 | 0 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:07 → 00:05 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:07 → 03:05 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:17 | 48 min | 20 Nov |
| Suva | 05:07 → 04:05 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:28 | 48 min | 20 Nov |