Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2050

Wednesday 23 November

Boundaryin Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 06 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Tuesday 22 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:24:12
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 23 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

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 12:24 on Tue 22 Nov to 10:12 on Wed 23 Nov.

    2050-11-22T07:24:12Z → 2050-11-23T05:12:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 22nd, 11:36–12:24 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 6 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Multan, 2050: Wednesday 23 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Multan, Durgā Navamī 2050 falls on Wednesday 23 November. Navamī runs from 12:24 on Tue 22 Nov to 10:12 on Wed 23 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 0 min 06 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2050/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 23 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 23 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:24 → 21:1211:1548 min11:150 min22 Nov
Chicago01:24 → 23:1211:1348 min11:130 min22 Nov
Jersey City02:24 → 00:1211:1848 min11:190 min22 Nov
Port of Spain03:24 → 01:1211:2848 min11:290 min22 Nov
London07:24 → 05:1211:2248 min11:230 min22 Nov
Durban09:24 → 07:1211:1848 min11:180 min22 Nov
Dubai11:24 → 09:1211:4148 min11:410 min22 Nov
Delhi12:54 → 10:4211:430 min11:430 min23 Nov
Kolkata12:54 → 10:4210:590 min10:590 min23 Nov
Singapore15:24 → 13:1212:270 min12:2745 min23 Nov
Sydney18:24 → 16:1212:170 min12:1848 min23 Nov
Suva19:24 → 17:1211:280 min11:2948 min23 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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