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Ruling · 1999 · Doha

Durgā Navamī

Wednesday 17 November1999 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Determinatemargin 611 min

In Doha, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 611 minutes.

Decide it forDohaDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City25°17′ N 51°32′ E · Asia/Qatar · GeoNames 290030

The two middays मध्याह्न

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes

Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 17 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 10:55  11:43 madhyāhna ends
10:0710:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 18 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 10:55  11:43 madhyāhna ends
10:0710:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided निर्णय

  1. Step 1, Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 00:29 on Wed 17 Nov to 00:43 on Thu 18 Nov.

    1999-11-16T21:29:25Z → 1999-11-17T21:43:24Z
  2. Step 2, Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:55–11:43 on the 17th, 10:55–11:43 on the 18th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
  3. Step 3, Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
  4. Step 4, Tie-break

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

    one day qualifies → only-day · margin 36685 s
  5. Step 5, Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Doha, 1999: Wednesday 17 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Doha, Durgā Navamī 1999 falls on Wednesday 17 November. Navamī runs from 00:29 on Wed 17 Nov to 00:43 on Thu 18 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/doha/festivals/1999/durga-navamipac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

never edited to agree

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Doha.

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

The rule, as data

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 clocks

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:29 → 13:4311:140 min11:1448 min17 Nov
Chicago15:29 → 15:4311:110 min11:1148 min17 Nov
Jersey City16:29 → 16:4311:170 min11:1748 min17 Nov
Port of Spain17:29 → 17:4311:270 min11:2748 min17 Nov
London21:29 → 21:4311:210 min11:2148 min17 Nov
Durban23:29 → 23:4311:170 min11:1748 min17 Nov
Dubai01:29 → 01:4311:390 min11:4048 min17 Nov
Delhi02:59 → 03:1311:420 min11:4248 min17 Nov
Kolkata02:59 → 03:1310:570 min10:5748 min17 Nov
Singapore05:29 → 05:4312:250 min12:2548 min17 Nov
Sydney08:29 → 08:4312:160 min12:1648 min17 Nov
Suva10:29 → 10:4312:270 min12:2748 min17 Nov
This ruling as JSON · ICS
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