Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2018

Friday 16 November

Determinatein Lucknow, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 16 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:27  12:15 madhyāhna ends
10:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:03

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 17 November

Qualifies with 27 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:27  12:15 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:54:33
10:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:03

27 of 48 minutes covered, the first 27

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 09:40 on Fri 16 Nov to 11:55 on Sat 17 Nov.

    2018-11-16T04:10:26Z → 2018-11-17T06:24:34Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:27–12:15 on the 16th, 11:27–12:15 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 27 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 1232 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Lucknow, 2018: Friday 16 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lucknow, Durgā Navamī 2018 falls on Friday 16 November. Navamī runs from 09:40 on Fri 16 Nov to 11:55 on Sat 17 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 27 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/lucknow/festivals/2018/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 16 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 16 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 16 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lucknow.

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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:10 → 22:2511:1448 min11:140 min16 Nov
Chicago22:10 → 00:2511:1148 min11:110 min16 Nov
Jersey City23:10 → 01:2511:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Port of Spain00:10 → 02:2511:2748 min11:270 min16 Nov
London04:10 → 06:2511:2148 min11:210 min16 Nov
Durban06:10 → 08:2511:1748 min11:170 min16 Nov
Dubai08:10 → 10:2511:3948 min11:400 min16 Nov
Delhi09:40 → 11:5511:4248 min11:4213 min16 Nov
Kolkata09:40 → 11:5510:5748 min10:5748 min16 Nov
Singapore12:10 → 14:2512:2548 min12:2548 min16 Nov
Sydney15:10 → 17:2512:160 min12:1648 min17 Nov
Suva17:10 → 19:2512:270 min12:2748 min17 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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