Midday of Saturday 8 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 10:39 11:27 madhyāhna ends
09:5110:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:15
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1997
Determinatein Recife, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 287 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 8 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 9 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 05:53 on Sat 8 Nov to 03:54 on Sun 9 Nov.
1997-11-08T08:52:50Z → 1997-11-09T06:54:00Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:39–11:27 on the 8th, 10:39–11:27 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.
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 17190 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Recife, 1997: Saturday 8 November.
confidence: determinate
In Recife, Durgā Navamī 1997 falls on Saturday 8 November. Navamī runs from 05:53 on Sat 8 Nov to 03:54 on Sun 9 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 8 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 8 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 8 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Recife. | ||
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 8th | Covered | Madhyāhna 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 00:53 → 22:54 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 02:53 → 00:54 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 03:53 → 01:54 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 04:53 → 02:54 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 08:53 → 06:54 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 10:53 → 08:54 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 12:53 → 10:54 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 14:23 → 12:24 | 11:41 | 0 min | 11:41 | 43 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 14:23 → 12:24 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 16:53 → 14:54 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 19:53 → 17:54 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 20:53 → 18:54 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 9 Nov |