Midday of Tuesday 5 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 11:26 12:14 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:27:20
10:3811:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:02
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2019
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 22 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 5 November
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Midday of Wednesday 6 November
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:27 on Tue 5 Nov to 13:52 on Wed 6 Nov.
2019-11-04T23:27:20Z → 2019-11-06T01:51:35Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:26–12:14 on the 5th, 11:26–12:14 on the 6th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 47 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.
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 82 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Suva, 2019: Tuesday 5 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Suva, Durgā Navamī 2019 falls on Tuesday 5 November. Navamī runs from 11:27 on Tue 5 Nov to 13:52 on Wed 6 Nov and covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 1 min 22 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 5 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 5 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 5 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
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 4th | Covered | Madhyāhna 6th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:27 → 17:52 | 11:12 | 0 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Chicago | 17:27 → 19:52 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Jersey City | 18:27 → 20:52 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 19:27 → 21:52 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| London | 23:27 → 01:52 | 11:20 | 0 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Durban | 01:27 → 03:52 | 11:16 | 0 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Dubai | 03:27 → 05:52 | 11:38 | 0 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Delhi | 04:57 → 07:22 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Kolkata | 04:57 → 07:22 | 10:56 | 0 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Singapore | 07:27 → 09:52 | 12:24 | 0 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 5 Nov |
| Sydney | 10:27 → 12:52 | 12:15 | 0 min | 12:15 | 37 min | 5 Nov |
| Suva | 11:27 → 13:52 | 11:26 | 0 min | 11:26 | 48 min | 5 Nov |