Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2047

Saturday 26 October

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 26 October

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

madhyāhna begins 11:34  12:22 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:00:26
10:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:10

21 of 48 minutes covered, the last 21

Midday of Sunday 27 October

Qualifies with 31 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:34  12:22 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 12:04:30
10:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:10

31 of 48 minutes covered, the first 31

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 12:00 on Sat 26 Oct to 12:05 on Sun 27 Oct.

    2047-10-26T07:00:27Z → 2047-10-27T07:04:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:34–12:22 on the 26th, 11:34–12:22 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 21 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 31 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 1039 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Multan, 2047: Saturday 26 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Durgā Navamī 2047 falls on Saturday 26 October. Navamī runs from 12:00 on Sat 26 Oct to 12:05 on Sun 27 Oct and covers 21 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 31 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2047/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 Oct
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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:00 → 00:0512:1348 min12:130 min26 Oct
Chicago02:00 → 02:0512:1048 min12:100 min26 Oct
Jersey City03:00 → 03:0512:1648 min12:160 min26 Oct
Port of Spain03:00 → 03:0511:2648 min11:260 min26 Oct
London08:00 → 07:0512:2048 min11:200 min26 Oct
Durban09:00 → 09:0511:1648 min11:160 min26 Oct
Dubai11:00 → 11:0511:3948 min11:390 min26 Oct
Delhi12:30 → 12:3511:410 min11:4148 min27 Oct
Kolkata12:30 → 12:3510:560 min10:5648 min27 Oct
Singapore15:00 → 15:0512:250 min12:2548 min27 Oct
Sydney18:00 → 18:0512:150 min12:1548 min27 Oct
Suva19:00 → 19:0511:260 min11:2648 min27 Oct
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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