Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1961

Thursday 16 November

Determinatein Luanda, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 594 minutes.

Decide it for

8°50′ S 13°14′ E · Africa/Luanda · GeoNames 2240449

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 15 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 16 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:28  12:16 madhyāhna ends
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 00:13 on Thu 16 Nov to 22:10 on Thu 16 Nov.

    1961-11-15T23:13:07Z → 1961-11-16T21:10:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 15th, 11:28–12:16 on the 16th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 35663 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Luanda, 1961: Thursday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Luanda, Durgā Navamī 1961 falls on Thursday 16 November. Navamī runs from 00:13 on Thu 16 Nov to 22:10 on Thu 16 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/luanda/festivals/1961/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Luanda.

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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:13 → 13:1011:130 min11:1448 min16 Nov
Chicago17:13 → 15:1011:110 min11:1148 min16 Nov
Jersey City18:13 → 16:1011:170 min11:1748 min16 Nov
Port of Spain19:13 → 17:1011:270 min11:2748 min16 Nov
London23:13 → 21:1011:210 min11:2148 min16 Nov
Durban01:13 → 23:1011:170 min11:1748 min16 Nov
Dubai03:13 → 01:1011:390 min11:3948 min16 Nov
Delhi04:43 → 02:4011:420 min11:4248 min16 Nov
Kolkata04:43 → 02:4010:570 min10:5748 min16 Nov
Singapore06:43 → 04:4011:550 min11:5548 min16 Nov
Sydney09:13 → 07:1011:160 min11:1648 min16 Nov
Suva11:13 → 09:1011:270 min11:2748 min16 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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