Midday of Sunday 20 October
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:00 11:48 madhyāhna ends
10:1210:3611:0011:2411:4812:1212:36
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1996
Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 20 October
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 21 October
Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 13:04 on Sun 20 Oct to 10:50 on Mon 21 Oct.
1996-10-20T05:04:24Z → 1996-10-21T02:49:32Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:00–11:48 on the 20th, 11:00–11:48 on the 21st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 645 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Daqing, 1996: Monday 21 October.
confidence: determinate
In Daqing, Mahānavamī 1996 falls on Monday 21 October. Navamī runs from 13:04 on Sun 20 Oct to 10:50 on Mon 21 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 21 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 21 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 21 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 20th | Covered | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 22:04 → 19:50 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Chicago | 00:04 → 21:50 | 12:11 | 48 min | 12:11 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Jersey City | 01:04 → 22:50 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:04 → 22:50 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:27 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| London | 06:04 → 03:50 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Durban | 07:04 → 04:50 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:04 → 06:50 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:34 → 08:20 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:34 → 08:20 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Singapore | 13:04 → 10:50 | 12:25 | 9 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 20 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:04 → 12:50 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 21 Oct |
| Suva | 17:04 → 14:50 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 21 Oct |