Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2070

Tuesday 11 November

Determinatein Queens, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 15 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 11 November

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

madhyāhna begins 11:15  12:03 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:00:33
10:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:51

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 12 November

Qualifies with 31 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:15  12:03 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:46:39
10:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:51

31 of 48 minutes covered, the first 31

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 11:01 on Tue 11 Nov to 11:47 on Wed 12 Nov.

    2070-11-11T16:00:33Z → 2070-11-12T16:46:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:15–12:03 on the 11th, 11:15–12:03 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 31 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 886 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Queens, 2070: Tuesday 11 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Queens, Durgā Navamī 2070 falls on Tuesday 11 November. Navamī runs from 11:01 on Tue 11 Nov to 11:47 on Wed 12 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 31 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/queens/festivals/2070/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 11 Nov
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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:01 → 08:4711:1348 min11:130 min11 Nov
Chicago10:01 → 10:4711:1148 min11:110 min11 Nov
Jersey City11:01 → 11:4711:1648 min11:1630 min11 Nov
Port of Spain12:01 → 12:4711:2614 min11:2648 min11 Nov
London16:01 → 16:4711:200 min11:2048 min12 Nov
Durban18:01 → 18:4711:160 min11:1648 min12 Nov
Dubai20:01 → 20:4711:390 min11:3948 min12 Nov
Delhi21:31 → 22:1711:410 min11:4148 min12 Nov
Kolkata21:31 → 22:1710:570 min10:5748 min12 Nov
Singapore00:01 → 00:4712:250 min12:2548 min12 Nov
Sydney03:01 → 03:4712:160 min12:1648 min12 Nov
Suva04:01 → 04:4711:270 min11:2748 min12 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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