Forenoon of Thursday 29 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:41 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:15
06:1707:0507:5308:4109:2910:17
214 of 214 minutes covered
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1903
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Thursday 29 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
214 of 214 minutes covered
Forenoon of Friday 30 October
Qualifies with 97 of 213 minutes. Not taken.
97 of 213 minutes covered, the first 97
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 05:48 on Thu 29 Oct to 08:18 on Fri 30 Oct.
1903-10-28T21:48:27Z → 1903-10-30T00:18:28Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:41–10:15 on the 29th, 06:42–10:15 on the 30th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 214 of 214 minutes on the 29th and 97 of 213 on the 30th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 3135 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 1903: Thursday 29 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1903 falls on Thursday 29 October. Navamī runs from 05:48 on Thu 29 Oct to 08:18 on Fri 30 Oct and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 97 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 29 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/akshaya-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Sunrise 28th | Covered | Sunrise 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:48 → 16:18 | 06:08 | 0 min | 06:10 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 15:48 → 18:18 | 06:17 | 0 min | 06:20 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 16:48 → 19:18 | 06:21 | 0 min | 06:23 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 17:48 → 20:18 | 05:57 | 0 min | 05:57 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 21:48 → 00:18 | 06:45 | 0 min | 06:49 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 23:48 → 02:18 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:05 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 01:29 → 03:59 | 06:04 | 0 min | 06:06 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 03:09 → 05:39 | 06:21 | 0 min | 06:22 | 0 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 03:09 → 05:39 | 05:29 | 0 min | 05:30 | 9 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 04:43 → 07:13 | 05:42 | 0 min | 05:41 | 92 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 07:48 → 10:18 | 05:01 | 0 min | 04:59 | 267 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 09:43 → 12:13 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:24 | 254 min | 30 Oct |