Midday of Tuesday 8 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:38 12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1921
Boundaryin Dubai, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 37 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 8 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 9 November
Qualifies with 4 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
4 of 48 minutes covered, the first 4
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 09:10 on Tue 8 Nov to 11:42 on Wed 9 Nov.
1921-11-08T05:09:38Z → 1921-11-09T07:42:08Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 8th, 11:39–12:27 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 4 of 48 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 217 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Dubai, 1921: Tuesday 8 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Dubai, Durgā Navamī 1921 falls on Tuesday 8 November. Navamī runs from 09:10 on Tue 8 Nov to 11:42 on Wed 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 4 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 3 min 37 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 8 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 8 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 8 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Dubai. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:10 → 23:42 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:10 → 01:42 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:10 → 02:42 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:10 → 03:42 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 05:10 → 07:42 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 07:10 → 09:42 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 09:10 → 11:42 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:39 | 4 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 10:40 → 13:12 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 10:40 → 13:12 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 12:10 → 14:42 | 11:24 | 3 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:10 → 17:42 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 17:10 → 19:42 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 9 Nov |