Midday of Tuesday 14 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:29 12:17 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:04:00
10:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:05
13 of 48 minutes covered, the last 13
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1972
Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 54 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 14 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
13 of 48 minutes covered, the last 13
Midday of Wednesday 15 November
Qualifies with 3 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:04 on Tue 14 Nov to 11:32 on Wed 15 Nov.
1972-11-14T17:04:00Z → 1972-11-15T16:31:47Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:29–12:17 on the 14th, 11:29–12:17 on the 15th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 13 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 3 of 48 on the 15th.
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 174 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Lima, 1972: Tuesday 14 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lima, Durgā Navamī 1972 falls on Tuesday 14 November. Navamī runs from 12:04 on Tue 14 Nov to 11:32 on Wed 15 Nov and covers 13 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 54 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 14 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 14 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 14 Nov |
| 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 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:04 → 08:32 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Chicago | 11:04 → 10:32 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Jersey City | 12:04 → 11:32 | 11:17 | 1 min | 11:17 | 15 min | 14 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 13:04 → 12:32 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| London | 17:04 → 16:32 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Durban | 19:04 → 18:32 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:04 → 20:32 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:34 → 22:02 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:34 → 22:02 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Singapore | 00:34 → 00:02 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:04 → 03:32 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Suva | 05:04 → 04:32 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 15 Nov |