Midday of Sunday 9 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 12:18 13:06 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 13:01:08
11:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:3013:54
5 of 48 minutes covered, the last 5
Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2016
Boundaryin Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 59 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 9 October
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
5 of 48 minutes covered, the last 5
Midday of Monday 10 October
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 13:01 on Sun 9 Oct to 13:24 on Mon 10 Oct.
2016-10-09T17:01:09Z → 2016-10-10T17:23:44Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:18–13:06 on the 9th, 12:18–13:06 on the 10th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 5 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 299 s < 300 s
Ruling
Mahānavamī, Queens, 2016: Sunday 9 October.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Queens, Mahānavamī 2016 falls on Sunday 9 October. Navamī runs from 13:01 on Sun 9 Oct to 13:24 on Mon 10 Oct and covers 5 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 4 min 59 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| 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 Queens. | ||
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 |