Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1984

Friday 2 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 Thursday 1 November

Qualifies with 27 of 211 minutes. Not taken.

06:45 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:16
Navamī begins 09:49:11
06:2107:0907:5708:4509:3310:21

27 of 211 minutes covered, the last 27

Forenoon of Friday 2 November

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

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

210 of 210 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 09:49 on Thu 1 Nov to 11:38 on Fri 2 Nov.

    1984-11-01T01:49:12Z → 1984-11-02T03:38:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:45–10:16 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 27 of 211 minutes on the 1st and 210 of 210 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 1615 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 1984: Friday 2 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1984 falls on Friday 2 November. Navamī runs from 09:49 on Thu 1 Nov to 11:38 on Fri 2 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 27 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/1984/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 2 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 1stCoveredSunrise 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:49 → 19:3806:13215 min06:140 min1 Nov
Chicago19:49 → 21:3806:24207 min06:250 min1 Nov
Jersey City20:49 → 22:3806:27208 min06:280 min1 Nov
Port of Spain21:49 → 23:3805:58235 min05:580 min1 Nov
London01:49 → 03:3806:55193 min06:560 min1 Nov
Durban03:49 → 05:3805:02265 min05:0138 min1 Nov
Dubai05:49 → 07:3806:26224 min06:2771 min1 Nov
Delhi07:19 → 09:0806:33175 min06:34154 min1 Nov
Kolkata07:19 → 09:0805:41128 min05:42207 min2 Nov
Singapore09:49 → 11:3806:4658 min06:46241 min2 Nov
Sydney12:49 → 14:3805:550 min05:54270 min2 Nov
Suva13:49 → 15:3805:270 min05:27255 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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