Ruling · Mahānavamī · 1908

Sunday 4 October

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 3 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:28:41
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 4 October

Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 10:34:39
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

0 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 12:29 on Sat 3 Oct to 10:35 on Sun 4 Oct.

    1908-10-03T17:28:41Z → 1908-10-04T15:34:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 3rd, 11:20–12:08 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1237 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Queens, 1908: Sunday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Mahānavamī 1908 falls on Sunday 4 October. Navamī runs from 12:29 on Sat 3 Oct to 10:35 on Sun 4 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/1908/mahanavami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 3 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:29 → 07:3511:1848 min11:170 min3 Oct
Chicago11:29 → 09:3511:1535 min11:150 min3 Oct
Jersey City12:29 → 10:3511:210 min11:210 min4 Oct
Port of Spain13:29 → 11:3511:310 min11:314 min4 Oct
London17:29 → 15:3511:250 min11:2548 min4 Oct
Durban19:29 → 17:3511:210 min11:2148 min4 Oct
Dubai21:10 → 19:1611:250 min11:2448 min4 Oct
Delhi22:59 → 21:0511:460 min11:4648 min4 Oct
Kolkata22:59 → 21:0511:020 min11:0148 min4 Oct
Singapore00:29 → 22:3511:300 min11:2948 min4 Oct
Sydney03:29 → 01:3511:210 min11:2048 min4 Oct
Suva05:24 → 03:3011:270 min11:2648 min4 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahanavami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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