Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1938

Tuesday 1 November

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Tuesday 1 November

Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

06:44 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:16
06:2007:0807:5608:4409:3210:20

211 of 211 minutes covered

Forenoon of Wednesday 2 November

Qualifies with 13 of 211 minutes. Not taken.

06:46 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:16
Navamī ends 06:58:47
06:2207:1007:5808:4609:3410:22

13 of 211 minutes covered, the first 13

Navamī presentPūrvāhṇa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 04:55 on Tue 1 Nov to 06:59 on Wed 2 Nov.

    1938-10-31T20:55:01Z → 1938-11-01T22:58:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:44–10:16 on the 1st, 06:46–10:16 on the 2nd.

    purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 211 of 211 minutes on the 1st and 13 of 211 on the 2nd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 794 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 1938: Tuesday 1 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1938 falls on Tuesday 1 November. Navamī runs from 04:55 on Tue 1 Nov to 06:59 on Wed 2 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 13 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 1 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 1 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 1 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/akshaya-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīSunrise 31stCoveredSunrise 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:55 → 14:5906:120 min06:12216 min1 Nov
Chicago14:55 → 16:5906:210 min06:23208 min1 Nov
Jersey City15:55 → 17:5906:250 min06:26209 min1 Nov
Port of Spain16:55 → 18:5905:570 min05:57235 min1 Nov
London20:55 → 22:5906:510 min06:53194 min1 Nov
Durban22:55 → 00:5905:030 min05:02265 min1 Nov
Dubai00:55 → 02:5906:250 min06:26224 min1 Nov
Delhi02:25 → 04:2906:320 min06:33221 min1 Nov
Kolkata02:25 → 04:2905:400 min05:41226 min1 Nov
Singapore04:15 → 06:1906:060 min06:06241 min1 Nov
Sydney06:55 → 08:5904:570 min04:56150 min2 Nov
Suva08:55 → 10:5905:280 min05:2848 min2 Nov
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
akshaya-navami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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