Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2016

Wednesday 9 November

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 296 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 Tuesday 8 November

Navamī is absent from pūrvāhṇa. Not taken.

06:53 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:19
06:2907:1708:0508:5309:4110:29

0 of 206 minutes covered

Forenoon of Wednesday 9 November

Taken. The only forenoon Navamī reaches.

06:54 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:19
06:3007:1808:0608:5409:4210:30

205 of 205 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 15:51 on Tue 8 Nov to 15:15 on Wed 9 Nov.

    2016-11-08T07:51:02Z → 2016-11-09T07:15:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:53–10:19 on the 8th, 06:54–10:19 on the 9th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 0 of 206 minutes on the 8th and 205 of 205 on the 9th.

    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 17768 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 2016: Wednesday 9 November.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2016 falls on Wednesday 9 November. Navamī runs from 15:51 on Tue 8 Nov to 15:15 on Wed 9 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 9 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 8thCoveredSunrise 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:51 → 23:1506:20211 min06:210 min8 Nov
Chicago01:51 → 01:1506:33201 min06:340 min8 Nov
Jersey City02:51 → 02:1506:36203 min06:370 min8 Nov
Port of Spain03:51 → 03:1506:00234 min06:000 min8 Nov
London07:51 → 07:1507:07141 min07:096 min8 Nov
Durban09:51 → 09:1504:560 min04:56260 min9 Nov
Dubai11:51 → 11:1506:310 min06:32220 min9 Nov
Delhi13:21 → 12:4506:390 min06:39217 min9 Nov
Kolkata13:21 → 12:4505:450 min05:46223 min9 Nov
Singapore15:51 → 15:1506:470 min06:47241 min9 Nov
Sydney18:51 → 18:1505:490 min05:48274 min9 Nov
Suva20:51 → 20:1506:240 min06:24258 min9 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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