Midday of Wednesday 21 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:20 12:08 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:23:28
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2012
Boundaryin Osaka, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 44 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 21 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the last 44
Midday of Thursday 22 November
Qualifies with 20 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
20 of 48 minutes covered, the first 20
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:23 on Wed 21 Nov to 11:40 on Thu 22 Nov.
2012-11-21T02:23:28Z → 2012-11-22T02:39:58Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 21st, 11:20–12:08 on the 22nd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 44 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 20 of 48 on the 22nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 224 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Osaka, 2012: Wednesday 21 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Osaka, Durgā Navamī 2012 falls on Wednesday 21 November. Navamī runs from 11:23 on Wed 21 Nov to 11:40 on Thu 22 Nov and covers 44 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 20 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 3 min 44 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 21 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 21 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 21 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Osaka. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 21st | Covered | Madhyāhna 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:23 → 18:40 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:23 → 20:40 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:23 → 21:40 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:23 → 22:40 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| London | 02:23 → 02:40 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Durban | 04:23 → 04:40 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:23 → 06:40 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Delhi | 07:53 → 08:10 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Kolkata | 07:53 → 08:10 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:59 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:23 → 10:40 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:23 → 13:40 | 12:17 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 22 Nov |
| Suva | 15:23 → 15:40 | 12:28 | 0 min | 12:28 | 48 min | 22 Nov |