Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2003

Sunday 2 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 403 minutes.

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 2 November

Taken. The only forenoon Navamī reaches.

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

211 of 211 minutes covered

Forenoon of Monday 3 November

Navamī is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

06:47 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:17
06:2307:1107:5908:4709:3510:23

0 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 00:03 on Sun 2 Nov to 23:48 on Sun 2 Nov.

    2003-11-01T16:02:36Z → 2003-11-02T15:47:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:46–10:16 on the 2nd, 06:47–10:17 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 211 of 211 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 210 on the 3rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one forenoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 24190 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 2003: Sunday 2 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2003 falls on Sunday 2 November. Navamī runs from 00:03 on Sun 2 Nov to 23:48 on Sun 2 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 2 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 2 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 Angeles08:03 → 07:4806:13106 min06:1494 min1 Nov
Chicago10:03 → 09:4806:230 min06:24204 min2 Nov
Jersey City11:03 → 10:4806:270 min06:28208 min2 Nov
Port of Spain12:03 → 11:4805:570 min05:58235 min2 Nov
London16:03 → 15:4806:540 min06:55192 min2 Nov
Durban18:03 → 17:4805:020 min05:01266 min2 Nov
Dubai20:03 → 19:4806:260 min06:27224 min2 Nov
Delhi21:33 → 21:1806:330 min06:34221 min2 Nov
Kolkata21:33 → 21:1805:410 min05:41226 min2 Nov
Singapore00:03 → 23:4806:460 min06:46241 min2 Nov
Sydney03:03 → 02:4805:560 min05:55269 min2 Nov
Suva04:03 → 03:4805:280 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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