Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1918

Monday 14 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 611 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 14 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:02  11:50 madhyāhna ends
10:1410:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 15 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:02  11:50 madhyāhna ends
10:1410:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 00:51 on Mon 14 Oct to 23:58 on Mon 14 Oct.

    1918-10-13T16:51:26Z → 1918-10-14T15:57:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:02–11:50 on the 14th, 11:02–11:50 on the 15th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 36630 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Daqing, 1918: Monday 14 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Mahānavamī 1918 falls on Monday 14 October. Navamī runs from 00:51 on Mon 14 Oct to 23:58 on Mon 14 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1918/mahanavami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:51 → 08:5812:1548 min12:150 min13 Oct
Chicago11:51 → 10:5812:1348 min12:120 min13 Oct
Jersey City12:51 → 11:5812:1815 min12:180 min13 Oct
Port of Spain12:51 → 11:5811:280 min11:2830 min14 Oct
London16:51 → 15:5811:230 min11:2248 min14 Oct
Durban18:51 → 17:5811:190 min11:1848 min14 Oct
Dubai20:32 → 19:3911:220 min11:2248 min14 Oct
Delhi22:21 → 21:2811:430 min11:4348 min14 Oct
Kolkata22:21 → 21:2810:590 min10:5948 min14 Oct
Singapore23:51 → 22:5811:270 min11:2748 min14 Oct
Sydney02:51 → 01:5811:180 min11:1848 min14 Oct
Suva04:51 → 03:5811:290 min11:2948 min14 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahanavami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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