Midday of Saturday 5 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:48 12:36 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:47:13
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1932
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 34 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 5 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 6 November
Qualifies with 27 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
27 of 48 minutes covered, the first 27
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:47 on Sat 5 Nov to 12:15 on Sun 6 Nov.
1932-11-05T18:47:13Z → 1932-11-06T19:14:49Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:48–12:36 on the 5th, 11:48–12:36 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 27 of 48 on the 6th.
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 34 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Phoenix, 1932: Saturday 5 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Phoenix, Durgā Navamī 1932 falls on Saturday 5 November. Navamī runs from 11:47 on Sat 5 Nov to 12:15 on Sun 6 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 27 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 0 min 34 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 5 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 5 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 5 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
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 5th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:47 → 11:15 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:13 | 2 min | 5 Nov |
| Chicago | 12:47 → 13:15 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:10 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Jersey City | 13:47 → 14:15 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 14:47 → 15:15 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| London | 18:47 → 19:15 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Durban | 20:47 → 21:15 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Dubai | 22:47 → 23:15 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Delhi | 00:17 → 00:45 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Kolkata | 00:17 → 00:45 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Singapore | 01:47 → 02:15 | 11:24 | 0 min | 11:24 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:47 → 05:15 | 11:15 | 0 min | 11:15 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Suva | 06:47 → 07:15 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 6 Nov |