Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1989

Wednesday 8 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 7 November

Qualifies with 27 of 207 minutes. Not taken.

06:52 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:18
Navamī begins 09:51:29
06:2807:1608:0408:5209:4010:28

27 of 207 minutes covered, the last 27

Forenoon of Wednesday 8 November

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

06:53 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:19
Navamī ends 08:39:40
06:2907:1708:0508:5309:4110:29

107 of 206 minutes covered, the first 107

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 09:51 on Tue 7 Nov to 08:40 on Wed 8 Nov.

    1989-11-07T01:51:30Z → 1989-11-08T00:39:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:52–10:18 on the 7th, 06:53–10:19 on the 8th.

    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 207 minutes on the 7th and 107 of 206 on the 8th.

    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 1609 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 1989: Wednesday 8 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1989 falls on Wednesday 8 November. Navamī runs from 09:51 on Tue 7 Nov to 08:40 on Wed 8 Nov and covers 107 of 206 minutes 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/1989/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 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 7thCoveredSunrise 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:51 → 16:4006:19212 min06:190 min7 Nov
Chicago19:51 → 18:4006:31202 min06:320 min7 Nov
Jersey City20:51 → 19:4006:34204 min06:350 min7 Nov
Port of Spain21:51 → 20:4005:59234 min05:590 min7 Nov
London01:51 → 00:4007:05186 min07:070 min7 Nov
Durban03:51 → 02:4004:57268 min04:570 min7 Nov
Dubai05:51 → 04:4006:30221 min06:310 min7 Nov
Delhi07:21 → 06:1006:38174 min06:380 min7 Nov
Kolkata07:21 → 06:1005:44127 min05:4525 min7 Nov
Singapore09:51 → 08:4006:4756 min06:47113 min8 Nov
Sydney12:51 → 11:4005:500 min05:49273 min8 Nov
Suva13:51 → 12:4005:250 min05:24257 min8 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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