Midday of Monday 2 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:15 12:03 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:16:17
10:2710:5111:1511:3912:0312:2712:51
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1908
Boundaryin Sydney, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 1 min 11 s away. Say “contested”.
Decide it for
33°52′ S 151°12′ E · Australia/Sydney · GeoNames 2147714
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 2 November
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
47 of 48 minutes covered, the last 47
Midday of Tuesday 3 November
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:16 on Mon 2 Nov to 09:03 on Tue 3 Nov.
1908-11-02T01:16:18Z → 1908-11-02T23:03:08Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:15–12:03 on the 2nd, 11:15–12:03 on the 3rd.
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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.
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 71 s < 300 s
Ruling
Durgā Navamī, Sydney, 1908: Monday 2 November.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Sydney, Durgā Navamī 1908 falls on Monday 2 November. Navamī runs from 11:16 on Mon 2 Nov to 09:03 on Tue 3 Nov and covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 1 min 11 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 2 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 2 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 2 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Sydney. | ||
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 2nd | Covered | Madhyāhna 3rd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:16 → 15:03 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:16 → 17:03 | 11:10 | 48 min | 11:10 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:16 → 18:03 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:16 → 19:03 | 11:26 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| London | 01:16 → 23:03 | 11:20 | 48 min | 11:20 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Durban | 03:16 → 01:03 | 11:16 | 48 min | 11:16 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Dubai | 04:57 → 02:44 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:46 → 04:33 | 11:41 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:46 → 04:33 | 10:56 | 48 min | 10:56 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:16 → 06:03 | 11:24 | 48 min | 11:24 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:16 → 09:03 | 11:15 | 47 min | 11:15 | 0 min | 2 Nov |
| Suva | 13:11 → 10:58 | 11:21 | 0 min | 11:21 | 0 min | 3 Nov |