Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2086

Thursday 14 November

Boundaryin Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 28 s away. Say “contested”.

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 14 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:29  12:17 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:28:27
10:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:05

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 15 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:29  12:17 madhyāhna ends
10:4111:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:05

0 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 11:28 on Thu 14 Nov to 09:34 on Fri 15 Nov.

    2086-11-14T16:28:27Z → 2086-11-15T14:33:47Z

  2. 02

    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′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 14th and 0 of 48 on the 15th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 28 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Lima, 2086: Thursday 14 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Lima, Durgā Navamī 2086 falls on Thursday 14 November. Navamī runs from 11:28 on Thu 14 Nov to 09:34 on Fri 15 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 28 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2086/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 14 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 14 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:28 → 06:3411:1448 min11:140 min14 Nov
Chicago10:28 → 08:3411:1148 min11:110 min14 Nov
Jersey City11:28 → 09:3411:1736 min11:170 min14 Nov
Port of Spain12:28 → 10:3411:270 min11:270 min15 Nov
London16:28 → 14:3411:210 min11:2148 min15 Nov
Durban18:28 → 16:3411:170 min11:1748 min15 Nov
Dubai20:28 → 18:3411:390 min11:3948 min15 Nov
Delhi21:58 → 20:0411:420 min11:4248 min15 Nov
Kolkata21:58 → 20:0410:570 min10:5748 min15 Nov
Singapore00:28 → 22:3412:250 min12:2548 min15 Nov
Sydney03:28 → 01:3412:160 min12:1648 min15 Nov
Suva04:28 → 02:3411:270 min11:2748 min15 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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