Midday of Wednesday 23 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:28 12:16 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:25:47
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1955
Boundaryin Lucknow, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 37 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 23 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Thursday 24 November
Qualifies with 14 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
14 of 48 minutes covered, the first 14
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:26 on Wed 23 Nov to 11:43 on Thu 24 Nov.
1955-11-23T05:55:48Z → 1955-11-24T06:12:59Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 23rd, 11:29–12:17 on the 24th.
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 23rd and 14 of 48 on the 24th.
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 157 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Lucknow, 1955: Wednesday 23 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Lucknow, Durgā Navamī 1955 falls on Wednesday 23 November. Navamī runs from 11:26 on Wed 23 Nov to 11:43 on Thu 24 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 14 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 37 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 23 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 23 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 23 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Lucknow. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Madhyāhna 24th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:56 → 22:13 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:56 → 00:13 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:56 → 01:13 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:56 → 02:13 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| London | 05:56 → 06:13 | 11:23 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Durban | 07:56 → 08:13 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Dubai | 09:56 → 10:13 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Delhi | 11:26 → 11:43 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 23 Nov |
| Kolkata | 11:26 → 11:43 | 10:59 | 21 min | 10:59 | 44 min | 23 Nov |
| Singapore | 13:26 → 13:43 | 11:57 | 0 min | 11:57 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Sydney | 15:56 → 16:13 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 24 Nov |
| Suva | 17:56 → 18:13 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 24 Nov |