Midday of Wednesday 17 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:27 12:15 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:32:39
10:3911:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:03
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2083
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 36 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Wednesday 17 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
43 of 48 minutes covered, the last 43
Midday of Thursday 18 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:33 on Wed 17 Nov to 11:26 on Thu 18 Nov.
2083-11-16T23:32:39Z → 2083-11-17T23:26:03Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:27–12:15 on the 17th, 11:28–12:16 on the 18th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 43 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.
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 96 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Suva, 2083: Wednesday 17 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Suva, Durgā Navamī 2083 falls on Wednesday 17 November. Navamī runs from 11:33 on Wed 17 Nov to 11:26 on Thu 18 Nov and covers 43 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 36 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 17 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 17 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 17 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 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:33 → 15:26 | 11:14 | 0 min | 11:14 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Chicago | 17:33 → 17:26 | 11:11 | 0 min | 11:12 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Jersey City | 18:33 → 18:26 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 19:33 → 19:26 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| London | 23:33 → 23:26 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Durban | 01:33 → 01:26 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Dubai | 03:33 → 03:26 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Delhi | 05:03 → 04:56 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Kolkata | 05:03 → 04:56 | 10:57 | 0 min | 10:58 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Singapore | 07:33 → 07:26 | 12:26 | 0 min | 12:26 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Sydney | 10:33 → 10:26 | 12:16 | 0 min | 12:16 | 48 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 11:33 → 11:26 | 11:27 | 0 min | 11:27 | 43 min | 17 Nov |