Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2027

Sunday 7 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 Sunday 7 November

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

06:51 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:18
06:2707:1508:0308:5109:3910:27

207 of 207 minutes covered

Forenoon of Monday 8 November

Qualifies with 62 of 206 minutes. Not taken.

06:53 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:19
Navamī ends 07:54:10
06:2907:1708:0508:5309:4110:29

62 of 206 minutes covered, the first 62

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 05:21 on Sun 7 Nov to 07:54 on Mon 8 Nov.

    2027-11-06T21:20:36Z → 2027-11-07T23:54:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:51–10:18 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 207 of 207 minutes on the 7th and 62 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 3699 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 2027: Sunday 7 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2027 falls on Sunday 7 November. Navamī runs from 05:21 on Sun 7 Nov to 07:54 on Mon 8 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 62 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/2027/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredSunrise 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:21 → 15:5407:170 min06:18212 min7 Nov
Chicago16:21 → 17:5407:290 min06:30202 min7 Nov
Jersey City17:21 → 18:5407:330 min06:34204 min7 Nov
Port of Spain17:21 → 19:5405:590 min05:59234 min7 Nov
London21:21 → 23:5407:030 min07:04186 min7 Nov
Durban23:21 → 01:5404:580 min04:57268 min7 Nov
Dubai01:21 → 03:5406:290 min06:30222 min7 Nov
Delhi02:51 → 05:2406:370 min06:37218 min7 Nov
Kolkata02:51 → 05:2405:440 min05:44224 min7 Nov
Singapore05:21 → 07:5406:460 min06:46241 min7 Nov
Sydney08:21 → 10:5405:510 min05:50122 min8 Nov
Suva09:21 → 11:5405:250 min05:2521 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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