Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1959

Sunday 8 November

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 334 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 8 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:34  12:22 madhyāhna ends
10:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:10

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 9 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:34  12:22 madhyāhna ends
10:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:10

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 06:00 on Sun 8 Nov to 05:43 on Mon 9 Nov.

    1959-11-08T00:59:37Z → 1959-11-09T00:42:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:34–12:22 on the 8th, 11:34–12:22 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 20042 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Multan, 1959: Sunday 8 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Durgā Navamī 1959 falls on Sunday 8 November. Navamī runs from 06:00 on Sun 8 Nov to 05:43 on Mon 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1959/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 8 Nov
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/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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:00 → 16:4311:1348 min11:130 min8 Nov
Chicago19:00 → 18:4311:1048 min11:100 min8 Nov
Jersey City20:00 → 19:4311:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Port of Spain21:00 → 20:4311:2648 min11:260 min8 Nov
London01:00 → 00:4311:2048 min11:200 min8 Nov
Durban03:00 → 02:4311:1648 min11:160 min8 Nov
Dubai05:00 → 04:4311:3848 min11:380 min8 Nov
Delhi06:30 → 06:1311:4148 min11:410 min8 Nov
Kolkata06:30 → 06:1310:5648 min10:560 min8 Nov
Singapore08:30 → 08:1311:5448 min11:540 min8 Nov
Sydney11:00 → 10:4311:1548 min11:150 min8 Nov
Suva13:00 → 12:4311:260 min11:2648 min9 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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