Midday of Saturday 22 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:28 12:16 madhyāhna ends
10:4011:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:04
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2031
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 26 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 22 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 23 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
46 of 48 minutes covered, the first 46
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 13:49 on Sat 22 Nov to 12:14 on Sun 23 Nov.
2031-11-22T01:49:16Z → 2031-11-23T00:14:08Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:28–12:16 on the 22nd, 11:29–12:17 on the 23rd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 22nd and 46 of 48 on the 23rd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 146 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Suva, 2031: Sunday 23 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Suva, Durgā Navamī 2031 falls on Sunday 23 November. Navamī runs from 13:49 on Sat 22 Nov to 12:14 on Sun 23 Nov and covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 2 min 26 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 23 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 23 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 23 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 22nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 23rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:49 → 16:14 | 11:15 | 48 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:49 → 18:14 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:13 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:49 → 19:14 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:49 → 20:14 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| London | 01:49 → 00:14 | 11:22 | 48 min | 11:23 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Durban | 03:49 → 02:14 | 11:18 | 48 min | 11:18 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:49 → 04:14 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Delhi | 07:19 → 05:44 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Kolkata | 07:19 → 05:44 | 10:58 | 48 min | 10:59 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Singapore | 09:49 → 08:14 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Sydney | 12:49 → 11:14 | 12:17 | 16 min | 12:18 | 0 min | 22 Nov |
| Suva | 13:49 → 12:14 | 11:28 | 0 min | 11:29 | 46 min | 23 Nov |