Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2093

Wednesday 28 October

Determinatein Shaoxing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 598 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 28 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 29 October

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 01:20 on Wed 28 Oct to 23:21 on Wed 28 Oct.

    2093-10-27T17:19:43Z → 2093-10-28T15:21:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:18–12:06 on the 28th, 11:17–12:05 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 35869 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Shaoxing, 2093: Wednesday 28 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Shaoxing, Durgā Navamī 2093 falls on Wednesday 28 October. Navamī runs from 01:20 on Wed 28 Oct to 23:21 on Wed 28 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/shaoxing/festivals/2093/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 28 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 28 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 28 Oct
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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:20 → 08:2112:1348 min12:130 min27 Oct
Chicago12:20 → 10:2112:1039 min12:100 min27 Oct
Jersey City13:20 → 11:2112:160 min12:160 min28 Oct
Port of Spain13:20 → 11:2111:260 min11:260 min28 Oct
London17:20 → 15:2111:200 min11:2048 min28 Oct
Durban19:20 → 17:2111:160 min11:1648 min28 Oct
Dubai21:20 → 19:2111:390 min11:3948 min28 Oct
Delhi22:50 → 20:5111:410 min11:4148 min28 Oct
Kolkata22:50 → 20:5110:570 min10:5648 min28 Oct
Singapore01:20 → 23:2112:250 min12:2548 min28 Oct
Sydney04:20 → 02:2112:160 min12:1548 min28 Oct
Suva05:20 → 03:2111:270 min11:2648 min28 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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