Forenoon of Sunday 8 November
Qualifies with 79 of 206 minutes. Not taken.
79 of 206 minutes covered, the last 79
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1959
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 Sunday 8 November
Qualifies with 79 of 206 minutes. Not taken.
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.
110 of 206 minutes covered, the first 110
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
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′
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
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
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 1959: Monday 9 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
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.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 9 Nov |
| 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 8th | Covered | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:00 → 16:43 | 06:19 | 212 min | 06:20 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 19:00 → 18:43 | 06:31 | 202 min | 06:32 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 20:00 → 19:43 | 06:34 | 204 min | 06:36 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 21:00 → 20:43 | 05:59 | 234 min | 06:00 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 01:00 → 00:43 | 07:05 | 186 min | 07:07 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 03:00 → 02:43 | 04:57 | 269 min | 04:56 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Dubai | 05:00 → 04:43 | 06:30 | 221 min | 06:31 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:30 → 06:13 | 06:38 | 218 min | 06:39 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:30 → 06:13 | 05:45 | 179 min | 05:45 | 28 min | 8 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:30 → 08:13 | 06:17 | 108 min | 06:17 | 116 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:00 → 10:43 | 04:50 | 0 min | 04:49 | 273 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 13:00 → 12:43 | 05:25 | 0 min | 05:24 | 257 min | 9 Nov |