Forenoon of Thursday 29 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:42 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:15
Navamī begins 07:42:21
06:1807:0607:5408:4209:3010:18
153 of 213 minutes covered, the last 153
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1998
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 Thursday 29 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
153 of 213 minutes covered, the last 153
Forenoon of Friday 30 October
Qualifies with 17 of 213 minutes. Not taken.
17 of 213 minutes covered, the first 17
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 07:42 on Thu 29 Oct to 07:00 on Fri 30 Oct.
1998-10-28T23:42:22Z → 1998-10-29T22:59:52Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:42–10:15 on the 29th, 06:43–10:15 on the 30th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 153 of 213 minutes on the 29th and 17 of 213 on the 30th.
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 1028 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 1998: Thursday 29 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1998 falls on Thursday 29 October. Navamī runs from 07:42 on Thu 29 Oct to 07:00 on Fri 30 Oct and covers 153 of 213 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 17 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 | Thu 29 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 29 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 29 Oct |
| 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 28th | Covered | Sunrise 29th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 15:42 → 15:00 | 06:09 | 0 min | 06:10 | 218 min | 29 Oct |
| Chicago | 17:42 → 17:00 | 06:18 | 0 min | 06:20 | 210 min | 29 Oct |
| Jersey City | 18:42 → 18:00 | 06:22 | 0 min | 06:23 | 211 min | 29 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 19:42 → 19:00 | 05:57 | 0 min | 05:57 | 235 min | 29 Oct |
| London | 23:42 → 23:00 | 06:47 | 0 min | 06:49 | 197 min | 29 Oct |
| Durban | 01:42 → 01:00 | 05:06 | 0 min | 05:05 | 264 min | 29 Oct |
| Dubai | 03:42 → 03:00 | 06:24 | 0 min | 06:24 | 225 min | 29 Oct |
| Delhi | 05:12 → 04:30 | 06:30 | 0 min | 06:31 | 223 min | 29 Oct |
| Kolkata | 05:12 → 04:30 | 05:39 | 0 min | 05:39 | 227 min | 29 Oct |
| Singapore | 07:42 → 07:00 | 06:46 | 0 min | 06:46 | 185 min | 29 Oct |
| Sydney | 10:42 → 10:00 | 06:00 | 0 min | 05:59 | 0 min | 30 Oct |
| Suva | 11:42 → 11:00 | 05:30 | 0 min | 05:29 | 0 min | 30 Oct |