Midday of Friday 3 October
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:34 13:22 madhyāhna ends
11:4612:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:10
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2003
Determinatein Kunming, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 11 s.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 3 October
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 4 October
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
39 of 48 minutes covered, the first 39
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 14:24 on Fri 3 Oct to 13:13 on Sat 4 Oct.
2003-10-03T06:23:55Z → 2003-10-04T05:12:42Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:34–13:22 on the 3rd, 12:34–13:22 on the 4th.
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 3rd and 39 of 48 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 551 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Kunming, 2003: Saturday 4 October.
confidence: determinate
In Kunming, Mahānavamī 2003 falls on Saturday 4 October. Navamī runs from 14:24 on Fri 3 Oct to 13:13 on Sat 4 Oct and covers 39 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 4 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 4 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 4 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Kunming. | ||
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 3rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:24 → 22:13 | 12:18 | 48 min | 12:17 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Chicago | 01:24 → 00:13 | 12:15 | 48 min | 12:15 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Jersey City | 02:24 → 01:13 | 12:21 | 48 min | 12:21 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 02:24 → 01:13 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| London | 07:24 → 06:13 | 12:25 | 48 min | 12:25 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Durban | 08:24 → 07:13 | 11:21 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Dubai | 10:24 → 09:13 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Delhi | 11:54 → 10:43 | 11:46 | 40 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 3 Oct |
| Kolkata | 11:54 → 10:43 | 11:02 | 0 min | 11:01 | 0 min | 4 Oct |
| Singapore | 14:24 → 13:13 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:30 | 43 min | 4 Oct |
| Sydney | 16:24 → 15:13 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 4 Oct |
| Suva | 18:24 → 17:13 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:31 | 48 min | 4 Oct |