Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 1921

Friday 15 April

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 239 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 Friday 15 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:17  12:05 madhyāhna ends
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 16 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:16  12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 07:18 on Fri 15 Apr to 05:03 on Sat 16 Apr.

    1921-04-14T23:18:01Z → 1921-04-15T21:03:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 15th, 11:16–12:04 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 14319 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Daqing, 1921: Friday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Bhavānī Utpatti 1921 falls on Friday 15 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 07:18 on Fri 15 Apr to 05:03 on Sat 16 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1921/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 15 Apr
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/bhavani-utpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:18 → 13:0311:300 min11:2948 min15 Apr
Chicago18:18 → 16:0312:270 min12:2748 min15 Apr
Jersey City18:18 → 16:0311:330 min11:3348 min15 Apr
Port of Spain19:18 → 17:0311:420 min11:4248 min15 Apr
London00:18 → 22:0312:370 min12:3748 min15 Apr
Durban01:18 → 23:0311:320 min11:3248 min15 Apr
Dubai03:18 → 01:0311:550 min11:5548 min15 Apr
Delhi04:48 → 02:3311:580 min11:5748 min15 Apr
Kolkata04:48 → 02:3311:130 min11:1348 min15 Apr
Singapore06:18 → 04:0311:410 min11:4148 min15 Apr
Sydney09:18 → 07:0311:310 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva11:18 → 09:0311:430 min11:4248 min15 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bhavani-utpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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