Midday of Tuesday 14 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:16 12:04 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:04:00
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1972
Boundaryin Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 20 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 14 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 15 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
16 of 48 minutes covered, the first 16
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:04 on Tue 14 Nov to 11:32 on Wed 15 Nov.
1972-11-14T17:04:00Z → 1972-11-15T16:31:47Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:16–12:04 on the 14th, 11:16–12:04 on the 15th.
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 14th and 16 of 48 on the 15th.
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 20 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Queens, 1972: Wednesday 15 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Queens, Durgā Navamī 1972 falls on Wednesday 15 November. Navamī runs from 12:04 on Tue 14 Nov to 11:32 on Wed 15 Nov and covers 16 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 20 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 15 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 15 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 14 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Queens. | ||
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 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 09:04 → 08:32 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:14 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Chicago | 11:04 → 10:32 | 11:11 | 48 min | 11:11 | 0 min | 14 Nov |
| Jersey City | 12:04 → 11:32 | 11:17 | 1 min | 11:17 | 15 min | 14 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 13:04 → 12:32 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| London | 17:04 → 16:32 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Durban | 19:04 → 18:32 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Dubai | 21:04 → 20:32 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Delhi | 22:34 → 22:02 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Kolkata | 22:34 → 22:02 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:57 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Singapore | 00:34 → 00:02 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Sydney | 04:04 → 03:32 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 15 Nov |
| Suva | 05:04 → 04:32 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 15 Nov |