Midday of Wednesday 24 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:28 12:16 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:04:10
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2001
Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 24 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 25 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:04 on Wed 24 Oct to 13:30 on Thu 25 Oct.
2001-10-24T16:04:11Z → 2001-10-25T18:29:56Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 24th, 11:28–12:16 on the 25th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.
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 1452 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Lima, 2001: Wednesday 24 October.
confidence: determinate
In Lima, Mahānavamī 2001 falls on Wednesday 24 October. Navamī runs from 11:04 on Wed 24 Oct to 13:30 on Thu 25 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 24 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 24 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 24 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima. | ||
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 24th | Covered | Madhyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:04 → 11:30 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 0 min | 24 Oct |
| Chicago | 11:04 → 13:30 | 12:10 | 48 min | 12:10 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Jersey City | 12:04 → 14:30 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 12:04 → 14:30 | 11:26 | 10 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 24 Oct |
| London | 17:04 → 19:30 | 12:20 | 0 min | 12:20 | 48 min | 25 Oct |
| Durban | 18:04 → 20:30 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 25 Oct |
| Dubai | 20:04 → 22:30 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 25 Oct |
| Delhi | 21:34 → 00:00 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 25 Oct |
| Kolkata | 21:34 → 00:00 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 25 Oct |
| Singapore | 00:04 → 02:30 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 25 Oct |
| Sydney | 02:04 → 04:30 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 25 Oct |
| Suva | 04:04 → 06:30 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 25 Oct |