Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2014

Saturday 1 November

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 581 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 Saturday 1 November

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:26  12:14 madhyāhna ends
10:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:02

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 2 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:26  13:14 madhyāhna ends
11:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:3814:02

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 01:45 on Sat 1 Nov to 23:31 on Sat 1 Nov.

    2014-10-31T13:44:44Z → 2014-11-01T11:30:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:26–12:14 on the 1st, 12:26–13:14 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 34879 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Suva, 2014: Saturday 1 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Durgā Navamī 2014 falls on Saturday 1 November. Navamī runs from 01:45 on Sat 1 Nov to 23:31 on Sat 1 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2014/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:45 → 04:3112:1248 min12:120 min31 Oct
Chicago08:45 → 06:3112:1048 min12:100 min31 Oct
Jersey City09:45 → 07:3112:1648 min12:160 min31 Oct
Port of Spain09:45 → 07:3111:2648 min11:260 min31 Oct
London13:45 → 11:3111:200 min11:2011 min1 Nov
Durban15:45 → 13:3111:160 min11:1648 min1 Nov
Dubai17:45 → 15:3111:380 min11:3848 min1 Nov
Delhi19:15 → 17:0111:410 min11:4148 min1 Nov
Kolkata19:15 → 17:0110:560 min10:5648 min1 Nov
Singapore21:45 → 19:3112:240 min12:2448 min1 Nov
Sydney00:45 → 22:3112:150 min12:1548 min1 Nov
Suva01:45 → 23:3111:260 min11:2648 min1 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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