Ruling · Mahānavamī · 2027

Friday 8 October

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 168 minutes.

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 Friday 8 October

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 9 October

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:50  12:38 madhyāhna ends
11:0211:2611:5012:1412:3813:0213:26

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 06:28 on Fri 8 Oct to 09:02 on Sat 9 Oct.

    2027-10-08T00:58:02Z → 2027-10-09T03:32:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:50–12:38 on the 8th, 11:50–12:38 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 10060 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Mahānavamī, Ujjain, 2027: Friday 8 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Mahānavamī 2027 falls on Friday 8 October. Navamī runs from 06:28 on Fri 8 Oct to 09:02 on Sat 9 Oct and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 Oct
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/mahanavami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 9 Mahanavami (purvaviddha) (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha covering one muhurta from sunrise).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:58 → 20:3212:1648 min12:160 min8 Oct
Chicago19:58 → 22:3212:1448 min12:140 min8 Oct
Jersey City20:58 → 23:3212:2048 min12:190 min8 Oct
Port of Spain20:58 → 23:3211:3048 min11:290 min8 Oct
London01:58 → 04:3212:2448 min12:230 min8 Oct
Durban02:58 → 05:3211:2048 min11:190 min8 Oct
Dubai04:58 → 07:3211:4248 min11:420 min8 Oct
Delhi06:28 → 09:0211:4548 min11:440 min8 Oct
Kolkata06:28 → 09:0211:0048 min11:000 min8 Oct
Singapore08:58 → 11:3212:2848 min12:280 min8 Oct
Sydney11:58 → 14:3212:1948 min12:1948 min8 Oct
Suva12:58 → 15:3211:300 min11:3048 min9 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
mahanavami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s