Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1914

Monday 26 October

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 312 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 26 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:28  12:16 madhyāhna ends
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 27 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:28  12:16 madhyāhna ends
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04

0 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 05:43 on Mon 26 Oct to 06:16 on Tue 27 Oct.

    1914-10-26T10:43:16Z → 1914-10-27T11:16:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 26th, 11:28–12:16 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 18705 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Lima, 1914: Monday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Durgā Navamī 1914 falls on Monday 26 October. Navamī runs from 05:43 on Mon 26 Oct to 06:16 on Tue 27 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1914/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 26 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:43 → 03:1611:1348 min11:130 min26 Oct
Chicago04:43 → 05:1611:1048 min11:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City05:43 → 06:1611:1648 min11:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain06:43 → 07:1611:2648 min11:260 min26 Oct
London10:43 → 11:1611:2048 min11:200 min26 Oct
Durban12:43 → 13:1611:160 min11:1648 min27 Oct
Dubai14:24 → 14:5711:200 min11:2048 min27 Oct
Delhi16:13 → 16:4611:410 min11:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata16:13 → 16:4610:570 min10:5648 min27 Oct
Singapore17:43 → 18:1611:250 min11:2548 min27 Oct
Sydney20:43 → 21:1611:160 min11:1648 min27 Oct
Suva22:38 → 23:1111:220 min11:2148 min27 Oct
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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