Midday of Sunday 9 October
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:51 12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2016
Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 87 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 9 October
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 10 October
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 10:01 on Sun 9 Oct to 10:24 on Mon 10 Oct.
2016-10-09T17:01:09Z → 2016-10-10T17:23:44Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 9th, 11:51–12:39 on the 10th.
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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 5227 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Phoenix, 2016: Sunday 9 October.
confidence: determinate
In Phoenix, Mahānavamī 2016 falls on Sunday 9 October. Navamī runs from 10:01 on Sun 9 Oct to 10:24 on Mon 10 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 9 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 9 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 9 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Madhyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 10:01 → 10:24 | 12:16 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Chicago | 12:01 → 12:24 | 12:13 | 48 min | 12:13 | 11 min | 9 Oct |
| Jersey City | 13:01 → 13:24 | 12:19 | 6 min | 12:19 | 48 min | 9 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 13:01 → 13:24 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| London | 18:01 → 18:24 | 12:23 | 0 min | 12:23 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Durban | 19:01 → 19:24 | 11:19 | 0 min | 11:19 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Dubai | 21:01 → 21:24 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Delhi | 22:31 → 22:54 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:44 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Kolkata | 22:31 → 22:54 | 11:00 | 0 min | 10:59 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Singapore | 01:01 → 01:24 | 12:28 | 0 min | 12:28 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Sydney | 04:01 → 04:24 | 12:19 | 0 min | 12:18 | 48 min | 10 Oct |
| Suva | 05:01 → 05:24 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 10 Oct |