Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2097

Tuesday 12 November

Determinatein Phoenix, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 8 min 38 s.

Decide it for

33°27′ N 112°04′ W · America/Phoenix · GeoNames 5308655

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 12 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:20:32
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 13 November

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 12:45:29
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

48 of 48 minutes covered

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 11:21 on Tue 12 Nov to 12:45 on Wed 13 Nov.

    2097-11-12T18:20:33Z → 2097-11-13T19:45:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 12th, 11:49–12:37 on the 13th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 518 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Phoenix, 2097: Tuesday 12 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Phoenix, Durgā Navamī 2097 falls on Tuesday 12 November. Navamī runs from 11:21 on Tue 12 Nov to 12:45 on Wed 13 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/phoenix/festivals/2097/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 12 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 12 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Phoenix.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/durga-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:21 → 11:4511:1348 min11:1432 min12 Nov
Chicago12:21 → 13:4511:110 min11:1148 min13 Nov
Jersey City13:21 → 14:4511:170 min11:1748 min13 Nov
Port of Spain14:21 → 15:4511:270 min11:2748 min13 Nov
London18:21 → 19:4511:210 min11:2148 min13 Nov
Durban20:21 → 21:4511:170 min11:1748 min13 Nov
Dubai22:21 → 23:4511:390 min11:3948 min13 Nov
Delhi23:51 → 01:1511:410 min11:4248 min13 Nov
Kolkata23:51 → 01:1510:570 min10:5748 min13 Nov
Singapore02:21 → 03:4512:250 min12:2548 min13 Nov
Sydney05:21 → 06:4512:160 min12:1648 min13 Nov
Suva06:21 → 07:4511:270 min11:2748 min13 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
durga-navami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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