Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2008

Thursday 6 November

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 20 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 Thursday 6 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:28  12:16 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:47:45
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04

28 of 48 minutes covered, the last 28

Midday of Friday 7 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:28  12:16 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 12:41:14
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04

48 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 11:48 on Thu 6 Nov to 12:41 on Fri 7 Nov.

    2008-11-06T16:47:46Z → 2008-11-07T17:41:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 6th, 11:28–12:16 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 28 of 48 minutes on the 6th and 48 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 1195 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Lima, 2008: Thursday 6 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Durgā Navamī 2008 falls on Thursday 6 November. Navamī runs from 11:48 on Thu 6 Nov to 12:41 on Fri 7 Nov and covers 28 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2008/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:48 → 09:4111:1248 min11:130 min6 Nov
Chicago10:48 → 11:4111:1048 min11:1031 min6 Nov
Jersey City11:48 → 12:4111:1616 min11:1648 min6 Nov
Port of Spain12:48 → 13:4111:260 min11:2648 min7 Nov
London16:48 → 17:4111:200 min11:2048 min7 Nov
Durban18:48 → 19:4111:160 min11:1648 min7 Nov
Dubai20:48 → 21:4111:380 min11:3848 min7 Nov
Delhi22:18 → 23:1111:410 min11:4148 min7 Nov
Kolkata22:18 → 23:1110:560 min10:5648 min7 Nov
Singapore00:48 → 01:4112:240 min12:2448 min7 Nov
Sydney03:48 → 04:4112:150 min12:1548 min7 Nov
Suva04:48 → 05:4111:260 min11:2648 min7 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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