Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2096

Saturday 24 November

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 644 minutes.

Decide it for

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46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 23 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:03  11:51 madhyāhna ends
10:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:39

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 24 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:03  11:51 madhyāhna ends
10:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:39

48 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 23:16 on Fri 23 Nov to 22:35 on Sat 24 Nov.

    2096-11-23T15:16:18Z → 2096-11-24T14:34:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:03–11:51 on the 23rd, 11:03–11:51 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 38626 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Daqing, 2096: Saturday 24 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Durgā Navamī 2096 falls on Saturday 24 November. Navamī runs from 23:16 on Fri 23 Nov to 22:35 on Sat 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2096/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 Nov
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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:16 → 06:3511:1648 min11:160 min23 Nov
Chicago09:16 → 08:3511:1348 min11:140 min23 Nov
Jersey City10:16 → 09:3511:1948 min11:190 min23 Nov
Port of Spain11:16 → 10:3511:2948 min11:290 min23 Nov
London15:16 → 14:3511:230 min11:2348 min24 Nov
Durban17:16 → 16:3511:190 min11:1948 min24 Nov
Dubai19:16 → 18:3511:420 min11:4248 min24 Nov
Delhi20:46 → 20:0511:440 min11:4448 min24 Nov
Kolkata20:46 → 20:0510:590 min11:0048 min24 Nov
Singapore23:16 → 22:3512:270 min12:2848 min24 Nov
Sydney02:16 → 01:3512:180 min12:1848 min24 Nov
Suva03:16 → 02:3511:290 min11:2948 min24 Nov
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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