Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1959

Monday 9 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 Sunday 8 November

Qualifies with 79 of 206 minutes. Not taken.

06:52 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:18
Navamī begins 08:59:37
06:2807:1608:0408:5209:4010:28

79 of 206 minutes covered, the last 79

Forenoon of Monday 9 November

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

06:53 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:19
Navamī ends 08:42:43
06:2907:1708:0508:5309:4110:29

110 of 206 minutes covered, the first 110

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 09:00 on Sun 8 Nov to 08:43 on Mon 9 Nov.

    1959-11-08T00:59:37Z → 1959-11-09T00:42:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:52–10:18 on the 8th, 06:53–10:19 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 79 of 206 minutes on the 8th and 110 of 206 on the 9th.

    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 4730 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 1959: Monday 9 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1959 falls on Monday 9 November. Navamī runs from 09:00 on Sun 8 Nov to 08:43 on Mon 9 Nov and covers 110 of 206 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 79 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/1959/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:00 → 16:4306:19212 min06:200 min8 Nov
Chicago19:00 → 18:4306:31202 min06:320 min8 Nov
Jersey City20:00 → 19:4306:34204 min06:360 min8 Nov
Port of Spain21:00 → 20:4305:59234 min06:000 min8 Nov
London01:00 → 00:4307:05186 min07:070 min8 Nov
Durban03:00 → 02:4304:57269 min04:560 min8 Nov
Dubai05:00 → 04:4306:30221 min06:310 min8 Nov
Delhi06:30 → 06:1306:38218 min06:390 min8 Nov
Kolkata06:30 → 06:1305:45179 min05:4528 min8 Nov
Singapore08:30 → 08:1306:17108 min06:17116 min9 Nov
Sydney11:00 → 10:4304:500 min04:49273 min9 Nov
Suva13:00 → 12:4305:250 min05:24257 min9 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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