Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2078

Sunday 13 November

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 24 minutes.

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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 13 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:34  12:22 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:58:44
10:4611:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:10

24 of 48 minutes covered, the last 24

Midday of Monday 14 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:35  12:23 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:10:30
10:4711:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:11

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 11:59 on Sun 13 Nov to 11:11 on Mon 14 Nov.

    2078-11-13T06:58:45Z → 2078-11-14T06:10:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:34–12:22 on the 13th, 11:35–12:23 on the 14th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 24 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 1418 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Multan, 2078: Sunday 13 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Durgā Navamī 2078 falls on Sunday 13 November. Navamī runs from 11:59 on Sun 13 Nov to 11:11 on Mon 14 Nov and covers 24 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2078/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 13 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:59 → 22:1111:1348 min11:130 min13 Nov
Chicago00:59 → 00:1111:1148 min11:110 min13 Nov
Jersey City01:59 → 01:1111:1748 min11:170 min13 Nov
Port of Spain02:59 → 02:1111:2748 min11:270 min13 Nov
London06:59 → 06:1111:2148 min11:210 min13 Nov
Durban08:59 → 08:1111:1748 min11:170 min13 Nov
Dubai10:59 → 10:1111:3948 min11:390 min13 Nov
Delhi12:29 → 11:4111:411 min11:420 min13 Nov
Kolkata12:29 → 11:4110:570 min10:5743 min14 Nov
Singapore14:59 → 14:1112:250 min12:2548 min14 Nov
Sydney17:59 → 17:1112:160 min12:1648 min14 Nov
Suva18:59 → 18:1111:270 min11:2748 min14 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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