Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2025

Saturday 5 April

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 393 minutes.

Decide it for

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 4 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 5 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

48 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 20:13 on Fri 4 Apr to 19:27 on Sat 5 Apr.

    2025-04-04T14:43:11Z → 2025-04-05T13:56:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 4th, 12:06–12:54 on the 5th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 23595 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Ujjain, 2025: Saturday 5 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Bhavānī Utpatti 2025 falls on Saturday 5 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 20:13 on Fri 4 Apr to 19:27 on Sat 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2025/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 Apr
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/bhavani-utpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 8 Annapurna puja (Beng.) (paraviddha), Bhavani-utpatti (paraviddha), Asokastami (Special when combined with naks. Punarvasu and Wednesday, after mid-day).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:43 → 06:5712:3248 min12:320 min4 Apr
Chicago09:43 → 08:5712:3048 min12:300 min4 Apr
Jersey City10:43 → 09:5712:3548 min12:350 min4 Apr
Port of Spain10:43 → 09:5711:4548 min11:450 min4 Apr
London15:43 → 14:5712:400 min12:4048 min5 Apr
Durban16:43 → 15:5711:350 min11:3448 min5 Apr
Dubai18:43 → 17:5711:580 min11:5848 min5 Apr
Delhi20:13 → 19:2712:000 min12:0048 min5 Apr
Kolkata20:13 → 19:2711:160 min11:1548 min5 Apr
Singapore22:43 → 21:5712:440 min12:4348 min5 Apr
Sydney01:43 → 00:5712:340 min12:3448 min5 Apr
Suva02:43 → 01:5711:450 min11:4548 min5 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
bhavani-utpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s