Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1995

Wednesday 1 November

Determinatein Coimbatore, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 01 s.

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11°00′ N 76°58′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1273865

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 31 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 1 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:42  12:30 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 12:24:40
10:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:18

43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 13:53 on Tue 31 Oct to 12:25 on Wed 1 Nov.

    1995-10-31T08:23:09Z → 1995-11-01T06:54:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:42–12:30 on the 31st, 11:42–12:30 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 43 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 301 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Coimbatore, 1995: Wednesday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Coimbatore, Durgā Navamī 1995 falls on Wednesday 1 November. Navamī runs from 13:53 on Tue 31 Oct to 12:25 on Wed 1 Nov and covers 43 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/coimbatore/festivals/1995/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 1 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Coimbatore.

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 Angeles00:23 → 22:5511:1248 min11:120 min31 Oct
Chicago02:23 → 00:5511:1048 min11:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City03:23 → 01:5511:1648 min11:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain04:23 → 02:5511:2648 min11:260 min31 Oct
London08:23 → 06:5511:2048 min11:200 min31 Oct
Durban10:23 → 08:5511:1648 min11:160 min31 Oct
Dubai12:23 → 10:5511:383 min11:380 min31 Oct
Delhi13:53 → 12:2511:410 min11:4144 min1 Nov
Kolkata13:53 → 12:2510:560 min10:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore16:23 → 14:5512:240 min12:2448 min1 Nov
Sydney19:23 → 17:5512:150 min12:1548 min1 Nov
Suva20:23 → 18:5511:260 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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