Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1952

Sunday 28 September

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 minutes.

Decide it for

MultanDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 27 September

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:40:43
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 28 September

Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:41  12:29 madhyāhna ends
10:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:5313:17

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 12:41 on Sat 27 Sep to 10:41 on Sun 28 Sep.

    1952-09-27T07:40:43Z → 1952-09-28T05:41:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:41–12:29 on the 27th, 11:41–12:29 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 710 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Multan, 1952: Sunday 28 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Mahānavamī 1952 falls on Sunday 28 September. Navamī runs from 12:41 on Sat 27 Sep to 10:41 on Sun 28 Sep, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1952/mahanavami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 28 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 28 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 27 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:41 → 22:4112:2048 min11:190 min27 Sep
Chicago02:41 → 00:4112:1748 min11:170 min27 Sep
Jersey City03:41 → 01:4112:2348 min11:230 min27 Sep
Port of Spain03:41 → 01:4111:3348 min11:330 min27 Sep
London08:41 → 06:4112:2748 min12:270 min27 Sep
Durban09:41 → 07:4111:2348 min11:230 min27 Sep
Dubai11:41 → 09:4111:4648 min11:450 min27 Sep
Delhi13:11 → 11:1111:480 min11:480 min28 Sep
Kolkata13:11 → 11:1111:030 min11:038 min28 Sep
Singapore15:11 → 13:1112:020 min12:0148 min28 Sep
Sydney17:41 → 15:4111:230 min11:2248 min28 Sep
Suva19:41 → 17:4111:340 min11:3348 min28 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahanavami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

About Ahargaṇa