Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2063

Monday 29 October

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 38 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 Monday 29 October

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

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 30 October

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:28  12:16 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 12:54:23
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 10:22 on Mon 29 Oct to 12:54 on Tue 30 Oct.

    2063-10-29T15:21:50Z → 2063-10-30T17:54:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 29th, 11:28–12:16 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 2307 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Lima, 2063: Monday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Durgā Navamī 2063 falls on Monday 29 October. Navamī runs from 10:22 on Mon 29 Oct to 12:54 on Tue 30 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.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2063/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 29 Oct
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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:22 → 10:5412:1348 min12:120 min29 Oct
Chicago10:22 → 12:5412:1048 min12:1044 min29 Oct
Jersey City11:22 → 13:5412:1648 min12:1648 min29 Oct
Port of Spain11:22 → 13:5411:2648 min11:2648 min29 Oct
London15:22 → 17:5411:200 min11:2048 min30 Oct
Durban17:22 → 19:5411:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Dubai19:22 → 21:5411:380 min11:3848 min30 Oct
Delhi20:52 → 23:2411:410 min11:4148 min30 Oct
Kolkata20:52 → 23:2410:560 min10:5648 min30 Oct
Singapore23:22 → 01:5412:240 min12:2448 min30 Oct
Sydney02:22 → 04:5412:150 min12:1548 min30 Oct
Suva03:22 → 05:5411:260 min11:2648 min30 Oct
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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