Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1993

Sunday 21 November

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 11 minutes.

Decide it for

12°03′ S 77°02′ W · America/Lima · GeoNames 3936456

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 21 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:30  12:18 madhyāhna ends
10:4211:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:06

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 November

Qualifies with 37 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:30  12:18 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 12:07:48
10:4211:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:06

37 of 48 minutes covered, the first 37

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 09:57 on Sun 21 Nov to 12:08 on Mon 22 Nov.

    1993-11-21T14:57:30Z → 1993-11-22T17:07:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:30–12:18 on the 21st, 11:30–12:18 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 37 of 48 on the 22nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 636 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Lima, 1993: Sunday 21 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Durgā Navamī 1993 falls on Sunday 21 November. Navamī runs from 09:57 on Sun 21 Nov to 12:08 on Mon 22 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 37 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/1993/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 Nov
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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:57 → 09:0811:1548 min11:150 min21 Nov
Chicago08:57 → 11:0811:1248 min11:130 min21 Nov
Jersey City09:57 → 12:0811:1848 min11:1848 min21 Nov
Port of Spain10:57 → 13:0811:2848 min11:2848 min21 Nov
London14:57 → 17:0811:220 min11:2248 min22 Nov
Durban16:57 → 19:0811:180 min11:1848 min22 Nov
Dubai18:57 → 21:0811:410 min11:4148 min22 Nov
Delhi20:27 → 22:3811:430 min11:4348 min22 Nov
Kolkata20:27 → 22:3810:580 min10:5948 min22 Nov
Singapore22:57 → 01:0812:260 min12:2748 min22 Nov
Sydney01:57 → 04:0812:170 min12:1748 min22 Nov
Suva02:57 → 05:0811:280 min11:2848 min22 Nov
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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