Midday of Friday 23 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 12:32 13:20 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:36:50
11:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:08
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2001
Boundaryin Dakar, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 40 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 23 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Midday of Saturday 24 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:37 on Fri 23 Nov to 15:06 on Sat 24 Nov.
2001-11-23T12:36:51Z → 2001-11-24T15:06:19Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:32–13:20 on the 23rd, 12:32–13:20 on the 24th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 43 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.
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 280 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Dakar, 2001: Friday 23 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Dakar, Durgā Navamī 2001 falls on Friday 23 November. Navamī runs from 12:37 on Fri 23 Nov to 15:06 on Sat 24 Nov and covers 43 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 4 min 40 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 23 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 23 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 23 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Dakar. | ||
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 23rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:37 → 07:06 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Chicago | 06:37 → 09:06 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Jersey City | 07:37 → 10:06 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 08:37 → 11:06 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| London | 12:37 → 15:06 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Durban | 14:37 → 17:06 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Dubai | 16:37 → 19:06 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Delhi | 18:07 → 20:36 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Kolkata | 18:07 → 20:36 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Singapore | 20:37 → 23:06 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Sydney | 23:37 → 02:06 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Suva | 00:37 → 03:06 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 24 Nov |