Ruling · Durgā Navamī · 2011

Thursday 3 November

Boundaryin Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 15 s away. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 3 November

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 4 November

Qualifies with 0 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:46  12:34 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:46:35
10:5811:2211:4612:1012:3412:5813:22

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 10:31 on Thu 3 Nov to 11:47 on Fri 4 Nov.

    2011-11-03T05:01:11Z → 2011-11-04T06:16:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:46–12:34 on the 3rd, 11:46–12:34 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 15 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Navamī, Ujjain, 2011: Thursday 3 November.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Durgā Navamī 2011 falls on Thursday 3 November. Navamī runs from 10:31 on Thu 3 Nov to 11:47 on Fri 4 Nov and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 0 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 0 min 15 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2011/durga-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:01 → 23:1712:1248 min12:120 min3 Nov
Chicago00:01 → 01:1712:1048 min12:100 min3 Nov
Jersey City01:01 → 02:1712:1648 min12:160 min3 Nov
Port of Spain01:01 → 02:1711:2648 min11:260 min3 Nov
London05:01 → 06:1711:2048 min11:200 min3 Nov
Durban07:01 → 08:1711:1648 min11:160 min3 Nov
Dubai09:01 → 10:1711:3848 min11:380 min3 Nov
Delhi10:31 → 11:4711:4048 min11:406 min3 Nov
Kolkata10:31 → 11:4710:5648 min10:5648 min3 Nov
Singapore13:01 → 14:1712:2411 min12:2448 min3 Nov
Sydney16:01 → 17:1712:150 min12:1548 min4 Nov
Suva18:01 → 19:1712:260 min12:2648 min4 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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