Midday of Wednesday 24 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 12:12 13:00 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:53:33
11:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:2413:48
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1982
Boundaryin Kampala, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 46 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 24 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 25 November
Qualifies with 43 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the first 43
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:54 on Wed 24 Nov to 12:56 on Thu 25 Nov.
1982-11-24T08:53:34Z → 1982-11-25T09:55:49Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:12–13:00 on the 24th, 12:13–13:01 on the 25th.
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 24th and 43 of 48 on the 25th.
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 286 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Kampala, 1982: Wednesday 24 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Kampala, Durgā Navamī 1982 falls on Wednesday 24 November. Navamī runs from 11:54 on Wed 24 Nov to 12:56 on Thu 25 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 43 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 4 min 46 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 24 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 24 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 24 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Kampala. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Madhyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:54 → 01:56 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Chicago | 02:54 → 03:56 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Jersey City | 03:54 → 04:56 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 04:54 → 05:56 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| London | 08:54 → 09:56 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Durban | 10:54 → 11:56 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 37 min | 24 Nov |
| Dubai | 12:54 → 13:56 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Delhi | 14:24 → 15:26 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Kolkata | 14:24 → 15:26 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:54 → 17:56 | 12:27 | 0 min | 12:27 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:54 → 20:56 | 12:18 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Suva | 20:54 → 21:56 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 25 Nov |