Midday of Wednesday 8 April
Qualifies with 45 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:19 12:07 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī begins 11:21:49
10:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:55
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1908
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 19 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 8 April
Qualifies with 45 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
45 of 48 minutes covered, the last 45
Midday of Thursday 9 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Aṣṭamī runs from 11:22 on Wed 8 Apr to 13:46 on Thu 9 Apr.
1908-04-08T03:21:50Z → 1908-04-09T05:45:44Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:19–12:07 on the 8th, 11:18–12:06 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 45 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.
priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 199 s < 300 s
Ruling
Bhavānī Utpatti, Daqing, 1908: Thursday 9 April.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Bhavānī Utpatti 1908 falls on Thursday 9 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 11:22 on Wed 8 Apr to 13:46 on Thu 9 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 45 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken. It is 3 min 19 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 9 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 9 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 9 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/bhavani-utpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 8 Annapurna puja (Beng.) (paraviddha), Bhavani-utpatti (paraviddha), Asokastami (Special when combined with naks. Punarvasu and Wednesday, after mid-day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Aṣṭamī | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:22 → 21:46 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 8 Apr |
| Chicago | 21:22 → 23:46 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 8 Apr |
| Jersey City | 22:22 → 00:46 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 8 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 23:22 → 01:46 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 8 Apr |
| London | 03:22 → 05:46 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 8 Apr |
| Durban | 05:22 → 07:46 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 8 Apr |
| Dubai | 07:03 → 09:27 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 8 Apr |
| Delhi | 08:52 → 11:16 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 8 Apr |
| Kolkata | 08:52 → 11:16 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:14 | 1 min | 9 Apr |
| Singapore | 10:22 → 12:46 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 9 Apr |
| Sydney | 13:22 → 15:46 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 9 Apr |
| Suva | 15:17 → 17:41 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 9 Apr |