Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1930

Thursday 30 October

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 118 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 Thursday 30 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 10:59  11:47 madhyāhna ends
10:1110:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 31 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 10:59  11:47 madhyāhna ends
10:1110:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:35

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 06:32 on Thu 30 Oct to 09:02 on Fri 31 Oct.

    1930-10-29T22:32:02Z → 1930-10-31T01:01:42Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:59–11:47 on the 30th, 10:59–11:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 7063 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Daqing, 1930: Thursday 30 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Durgā Navamī 1930 falls on Thursday 30 October. Navamī runs from 06:32 on Thu 30 Oct to 09:02 on Fri 31 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1930/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 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/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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:32 → 17:0211:130 min11:120 min30 Oct
Chicago16:32 → 19:0211:100 min11:100 min30 Oct
Jersey City17:32 → 20:0211:160 min11:160 min30 Oct
Port of Spain18:32 → 21:0211:260 min11:260 min30 Oct
London22:32 → 01:0211:200 min11:200 min30 Oct
Durban00:32 → 03:0211:160 min11:160 min30 Oct
Dubai02:32 → 05:0211:380 min11:380 min30 Oct
Delhi04:02 → 06:3211:410 min11:410 min30 Oct
Kolkata04:02 → 06:3210:560 min10:560 min30 Oct
Singapore05:32 → 08:0211:240 min11:240 min30 Oct
Sydney08:32 → 11:0211:150 min11:150 min30 Oct
Suva10:32 → 13:0211:260 min11:2648 min30 Oct
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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