Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2036

Monday 27 October

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 36 s.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 27 October

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

madhyāhna begins 12:15  13:03 madhyāhna ends
11:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:51

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 28 October

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:15  13:03 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 13:12:25
11:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:2713:51

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 10:32 on Mon 27 Oct to 13:12 on Tue 28 Oct.

    2036-10-27T14:31:59Z → 2036-10-28T17:12:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:15–13:03 on the 27th, 12:15–13:03 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 576 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Queens, 2036: Monday 27 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Durgā Navamī 2036 falls on Monday 27 October. Navamī runs from 10:32 on Mon 27 Oct to 13:12 on Tue 28 Oct 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/queens/festivals/2036/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 27 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/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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:32 → 10:1212:1348 min12:120 min27 Oct
Chicago09:32 → 12:1212:1048 min12:102 min27 Oct
Jersey City10:32 → 13:1212:1648 min12:1648 min27 Oct
Port of Spain10:32 → 13:1211:2648 min11:2648 min27 Oct
London14:32 → 17:1211:200 min11:2048 min28 Oct
Durban16:32 → 19:1211:160 min11:1648 min28 Oct
Dubai18:32 → 21:1211:380 min11:3848 min28 Oct
Delhi20:02 → 22:4211:410 min11:4148 min28 Oct
Kolkata20:02 → 22:4210:560 min10:5648 min28 Oct
Singapore22:32 → 01:1212:240 min12:2448 min28 Oct
Sydney01:32 → 04:1212:150 min12:1548 min28 Oct
Suva02:32 → 05:1211:260 min11:2648 min28 Oct
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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