Midday of Tuesday 6 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:17 12:05 madhyāhna ends
10:2910:5311:1711:4112:0512:2912:53
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2046
Boundaryin Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 59 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 6 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 7 November
Qualifies with 3 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
3 of 48 minutes covered, the first 3
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 09:18 on Tue 6 Nov to 11:20 on Wed 7 Nov.
2046-11-06T01:17:37Z → 2046-11-07T03:20:11Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:17–12:05 on the 6th, 11:17–12:05 on the 7th.
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 6th and 3 of 48 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 179 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Shaoxing, 2046: Tuesday 6 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Shaoxing, Durgā Navamī 2046 falls on Tuesday 6 November. Navamī runs from 09:18 on Tue 6 Nov to 11:20 on Wed 7 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 3 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 2 min 59 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 6 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 6 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 6 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 6th | Covered | Madhyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:18 → 19:20 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:18 → 21:20 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:18 → 22:20 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:18 → 23:20 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| London | 01:18 → 03:20 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Durban | 03:18 → 05:20 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:18 → 07:20 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:48 → 08:50 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:48 → 08:50 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Singapore | 09:18 → 11:20 | 12:24 | 48 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 6 Nov |
| Sydney | 12:18 → 14:20 | 12:15 | 45 min | 12:15 | 48 min | 6 Nov |
| Suva | 13:18 → 15:20 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 7 Nov |