Midday of Wednesday 8 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:17 12:05 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:18:42
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1978
Boundaryin Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 26 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 8 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Midday of Thursday 9 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:19 on Wed 8 Nov to 09:29 on Thu 9 Nov.
1978-11-08T03:18:42Z → 1978-11-09T01:29:02Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 8th, 11:17–12:05 on the 9th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 47 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 86 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Shaoxing, 1978: Wednesday 8 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Shaoxing, Durgā Navamī 1978 falls on Wednesday 8 November. Navamī runs from 11:19 on Wed 8 Nov to 09:29 on Thu 9 Nov and covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 26 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 8 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 8 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 8 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing. | ||
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 | 19:19 → 17:29 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 21:19 → 19:29 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 22:19 → 20:29 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 23:19 → 21:29 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 03:19 → 01:29 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 05:19 → 03:29 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 07:19 → 05:29 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 08:49 → 06:59 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 08:49 → 06:59 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:49 → 08:59 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Sydney | 14:19 → 12:29 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 14 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 15:19 → 13:29 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 9 Nov |