Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2026

Thursday 26 March

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 25 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 26 March

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

madhyāhna begins 12:09  12:57 madhyāhna ends
Aṣṭamī ends 11:49:22
11:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:2113:45

0 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 13:51 on Wed 25 Mar to 11:49 on Thu 26 Mar.

    2026-03-25T08:20:35Z → 2026-03-26T06:19:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:09–12:57 on the 25th, 12:09–12:57 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: paraviddha → second-day · margin 1164 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Ujjain, 2026: Thursday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Bhavānī Utpatti 2026 falls on Thursday 26 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 13:51 on Wed 25 Mar to 11:49 on Thu 26 Mar, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 Mar
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:21 → 23:1912:3548 min12:350 min25 Mar
Chicago03:21 → 01:1912:3348 min12:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City04:21 → 02:1912:3948 min12:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain04:21 → 02:1911:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London08:21 → 06:1911:4348 min11:430 min25 Mar
Durban10:21 → 08:1911:3848 min11:370 min25 Mar
Dubai12:21 → 10:1912:0128 min12:010 min25 Mar
Delhi13:51 → 11:4912:030 min12:030 min26 Mar
Kolkata13:51 → 11:4911:190 min11:1831 min26 Mar
Singapore16:21 → 14:1912:470 min12:4648 min26 Mar
Sydney19:21 → 17:1912:370 min12:3748 min26 Mar
Suva20:21 → 18:1911:480 min11:4848 min26 Mar
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