Ruling · Bhavānī Utpatti · 2027

Wednesday 14 April

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 153 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 Tuesday 13 April

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:04  12:52 madhyāhna ends
11:1611:4012:0412:2812:5213:1613:40

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 14 April

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:03  12:51 madhyāhna ends
11:1511:3912:0312:2712:5113:1513:39

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 17:29 on Tue 13 Apr to 15:24 on Wed 14 Apr.

    2027-04-13T11:59:26Z → 2027-04-14T09:54:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:04–12:52 on the 13th, 12:03–12:51 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 9170 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Bhavānī Utpatti, Ujjain, 2027: Wednesday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Bhavānī Utpatti 2027 falls on Wednesday 14 April. Aṣṭamī runs from 17:29 on Tue 13 Apr to 15:24 on Wed 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2027/bhavani-utpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:59 → 02:5412:3048 min12:300 min13 Apr
Chicago06:59 → 04:5412:2848 min12:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City07:59 → 05:5412:3348 min12:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain07:59 → 05:5411:4348 min11:420 min13 Apr
London12:59 → 10:5412:3826 min12:370 min13 Apr
Durban13:59 → 11:5411:320 min11:3222 min14 Apr
Dubai15:59 → 13:5411:560 min11:5548 min14 Apr
Delhi17:29 → 15:2411:580 min11:5848 min14 Apr
Kolkata17:29 → 15:2411:130 min11:1348 min14 Apr
Singapore19:59 → 17:5412:410 min12:4148 min14 Apr
Sydney21:59 → 19:5411:320 min11:3148 min14 Apr
Suva23:59 → 21:5411:430 min11:4348 min14 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