Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 1901

Wednesday 20 November

Boundaryin Tijuana, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 02 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

32°30′ N 117°00′ W · America/Tijuana · GeoNames 3981609

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 19 November

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:20:41
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 20 November

Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:21  12:09 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:18:28
10:3310:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:57

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 12:20 on Tue 19 Nov to 11:18 on Wed 20 Nov.

    1901-11-19T20:08:45Z → 1901-11-20T19:06:32Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 19th, 11:21–12:09 on the 20th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 182 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Tijuana, 1901: Wednesday 20 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Tijuana, Durgā Navamī 1901 falls on Wednesday 20 November. Navamī runs from 12:20 on Tue 19 Nov to 11:18 on Wed 20 Nov, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day. It is 3 min 02 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/tijuana/festivals/1901/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 20 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 20 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Tijuana.

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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:09 → 11:0711:140 min11:150 min20 Nov
Chicago14:09 → 13:0711:120 min11:1248 min20 Nov
Jersey City15:09 → 14:0711:180 min11:1848 min20 Nov
Port of Spain16:09 → 15:0711:270 min11:2848 min20 Nov
London20:09 → 19:0711:220 min11:2248 min20 Nov
Durban21:39 → 20:3710:470 min10:4848 min20 Nov
Dubai23:50 → 22:4811:210 min11:2148 min20 Nov
Delhi01:30 → 00:2811:330 min11:3448 min20 Nov
Kolkata01:30 → 00:2810:490 min10:4948 min20 Nov
Singapore03:04 → 02:0211:210 min11:2148 min20 Nov
Sydney06:09 → 05:0711:170 min11:1748 min20 Nov
Suva08:04 → 07:0211:230 min11:2348 min20 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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