Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2044

Saturday 29 October

Determinatein Recife, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 17 minutes.

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8°03′ S 34°53′ W · America/Recife · GeoNames 3390760

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 29 October

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

madhyāhna begins 10:39  11:27 madhyāhna ends
09:5110:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:15

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 30 October

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 10:39  11:27 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:44:18
09:5110:1510:3911:0311:2711:5112:15

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 09:40 on Sat 29 Oct to 11:44 on Sun 30 Oct.

    2044-10-29T12:39:36Z → 2044-10-30T14:44:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 10:39–11:27 on the 29th, 10:39–11:27 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 1025 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Recife, 2044: Saturday 29 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Recife, Durgā Navamī 2044 falls on Saturday 29 October. Navamī runs from 09:40 on Sat 29 Oct to 11:44 on Sun 30 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/recife/festivals/2044/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Recife.

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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:40 → 07:4412:1248 min12:120 min29 Oct
Chicago07:40 → 09:4412:1048 min12:100 min29 Oct
Jersey City08:40 → 10:4412:1648 min12:160 min29 Oct
Port of Spain08:40 → 10:4411:2648 min11:260 min29 Oct
London13:40 → 14:4412:200 min11:2048 min30 Oct
Durban14:40 → 16:4411:160 min11:1648 min30 Oct
Dubai16:40 → 18:4411:380 min11:3848 min30 Oct
Delhi18:10 → 20:1411:410 min11:4148 min30 Oct
Kolkata18:10 → 20:1410:560 min10:5648 min30 Oct
Singapore20:40 → 22:4412:240 min12:2448 min30 Oct
Sydney23:40 → 01:4412:150 min12:1548 min30 Oct
Suva00:40 → 02:4411:260 min11:2648 min30 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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