Midday of Sunday 13 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:21 12:09 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:05:02
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57
4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1983
Boundaryin Palembang, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 10 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 13 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
4 of 48 minutes covered, the last 4
Midday of Monday 14 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:05 on Sun 13 Nov to 14:32 on Mon 14 Nov.
1983-11-13T05:05:03Z → 1983-11-14T07:32:14Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 13th, 11:21–12:09 on the 14th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 4 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.
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 250 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Palembang, 1983: Sunday 13 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Palembang, Durgā Navamī 1983 falls on Sunday 13 November. Navamī runs from 12:05 on Sun 13 Nov to 14:32 on Mon 14 Nov and covers 4 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 4 min 10 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 13 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 13 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 13 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Palembang. | ||
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 13th | Covered | Madhyāhna 14th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:05 → 23:32 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Chicago | 23:05 → 01:32 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Jersey City | 00:05 → 02:32 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 01:05 → 03:32 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| London | 05:05 → 07:32 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Durban | 07:05 → 09:32 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Dubai | 09:05 → 11:32 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:39 | 0 min | 13 Nov |
| Delhi | 10:35 → 13:02 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Kolkata | 10:35 → 13:02 | 10:57 | 48 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Singapore | 13:05 → 15:32 | 12:25 | 8 min | 12:25 | 48 min | 13 Nov |
| Sydney | 16:05 → 18:32 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 14 Nov |
| Suva | 17:05 → 19:32 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 14 Nov |