Midday of Sunday 24 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:40:22
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1963
Boundaryin Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 34 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 24 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 25 November
Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:40 on Sun 24 Nov to 11:34 on Mon 25 Nov.
1963-11-24T19:40:22Z → 1963-11-25T18:33:36Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 24th, 11:51–12:39 on the 25th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.
priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 94 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Phoenix, 1963: Monday 25 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Phoenix, Durgā Navamī 1963 falls on Monday 25 November. Navamī runs from 12:40 on Sun 24 Nov to 11:34 on Mon 25 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 1 min 34 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 25 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 25 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 24 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 24th | Covered | Madhyāhna 25th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:40 → 10:34 | 11:15 | 23 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 24 Nov |
| Chicago | 13:40 → 12:34 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:13 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Jersey City | 14:40 → 13:34 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 15:40 → 14:34 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| London | 19:40 → 18:34 | 11:23 | 0 min | 11:23 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Durban | 21:40 → 20:34 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Dubai | 23:40 → 22:34 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Delhi | 01:10 → 00:04 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Kolkata | 01:10 → 00:04 | 10:59 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Singapore | 03:10 → 02:04 | 11:57 | 0 min | 11:57 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Sydney | 05:40 → 04:34 | 11:18 | 0 min | 11:18 | 48 min | 25 Nov |
| Suva | 07:40 → 06:34 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 25 Nov |