Midday of Monday 27 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:28 12:16 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:42:11
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04
34 of 48 minutes covered, the last 34
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1941
Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 31 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 27 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
34 of 48 minutes covered, the last 34
Midday of Tuesday 28 October
Qualifies with 3 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:42 on Mon 27 Oct to 11:31 on Tue 28 Oct.
1941-10-27T16:42:11Z → 1941-10-28T16:30:33Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 27th, 11:28–12:16 on the 28th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 34 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 3 of 48 on the 28th.
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 151 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Lima, 1941: Monday 27 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lima, Durgā Navamī 1941 falls on Monday 27 October. Navamī runs from 11:42 on Mon 27 Oct to 11:31 on Tue 28 Oct and covers 34 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 3 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 31 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 27 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 27 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 27 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
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 27th | Covered | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 08:42 → 08:31 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Chicago | 10:42 → 10:31 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 27 Oct |
| Jersey City | 11:42 → 11:31 | 11:16 | 22 min | 11:16 | 15 min | 27 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:42 → 12:31 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| London | 17:42 → 17:31 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Durban | 18:42 → 18:31 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:42 → 20:31 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Delhi | 23:12 → 23:01 | 12:41 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Kolkata | 23:12 → 23:01 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:56 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:12 → 00:01 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:54 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:42 → 02:31 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 28 Oct |
| Suva | 04:42 → 04:31 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 28 Oct |