Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1902

Monday 10 November

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 63 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 9 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 10 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

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 13:12 on Sun 9 Nov to 14:14 on Mon 10 Nov.

    1902-11-09T01:16:51Z → 1902-11-10T02:19:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:21–12:09 on the 9th, 11:21–12:09 on the 10th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 3756 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Suva, 1902: Monday 10 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Durgā Navamī 1902 falls on Monday 10 November. Navamī runs from 13:12 on Sun 9 Nov to 14:14 on Mon 10 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/1902/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 10 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 10 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 10 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:17 → 18:1911:1348 min11:130 min9 Nov
Chicago19:17 → 20:1911:1048 min11:100 min9 Nov
Jersey City20:17 → 21:1911:1648 min11:160 min9 Nov
Port of Spain21:17 → 22:1911:2648 min11:260 min9 Nov
London01:17 → 02:1911:2048 min11:200 min9 Nov
Durban02:47 → 03:4910:4648 min10:460 min9 Nov
Dubai04:58 → 06:0011:1948 min11:200 min9 Nov
Delhi06:38 → 07:4011:3248 min11:320 min9 Nov
Kolkata06:38 → 07:4010:4748 min10:470 min9 Nov
Singapore08:12 → 09:1411:1948 min11:200 min9 Nov
Sydney11:17 → 12:1911:1546 min11:1548 min9 Nov
Suva13:12 → 14:1411:210 min11:2148 min10 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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