Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2022

Wednesday 2 November

Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 582 minutes.

Decide it for

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30°00′ N 120°35′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1795855

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 2 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:17  12:05 madhyāhna ends
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 3 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:17  12:05 madhyāhna ends
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53

0 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 01:35 on Wed 2 Nov to 23:40 on Wed 2 Nov.

    2022-11-01T17:34:57Z → 2022-11-02T15:40:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 2nd, 11:17–12:05 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 34927 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Shaoxing, 2022: Wednesday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Shaoxing, Durgā Navamī 2022 falls on Wednesday 2 November. Navamī runs from 01:35 on Wed 2 Nov to 23:40 on Wed 2 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/shaoxing/festivals/2022/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 2 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Shaoxing.

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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:35 → 08:4012:1248 min12:120 min1 Nov
Chicago12:35 → 10:4012:1023 min12:100 min1 Nov
Jersey City13:35 → 11:4012:160 min12:160 min2 Nov
Port of Spain13:35 → 11:4011:260 min11:2615 min2 Nov
London17:35 → 15:4011:200 min11:2048 min2 Nov
Durban19:35 → 17:4011:160 min11:1648 min2 Nov
Dubai21:35 → 19:4011:380 min11:3848 min2 Nov
Delhi23:05 → 21:1011:400 min11:4048 min2 Nov
Kolkata23:05 → 21:1010:560 min10:5648 min2 Nov
Singapore01:35 → 23:4012:240 min12:2448 min2 Nov
Sydney04:35 → 02:4012:150 min12:1548 min2 Nov
Suva05:35 → 03:4011:260 min11:2648 min2 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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