Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2054

Sunday 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 Sunday 8 November

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

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

206 of 206 minutes covered

Forenoon of Monday 9 November

Qualifies with 100 of 205 minutes. Not taken.

06:54 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:19
Navamī ends 08:33:44
06:3007:1808:0608:5409:4210:30

100 of 205 minutes covered, the first 100

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 05:52 on Sun 8 Nov to 08:34 on Mon 9 Nov.

    2054-11-07T21:52:19Z → 2054-11-09T00:33:45Z

  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 206 of 206 minutes on the 8th and 100 of 205 on the 9th.

    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 3644 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 2054: Sunday 8 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2054 falls on Sunday 8 November. Navamī runs from 05:52 on Sun 8 Nov to 08:34 on Mon 9 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 100 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/2054/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 8 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 8 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:52 → 16:3406:190 min06:210 min8 Nov
Chicago15:52 → 18:3406:310 min06:340 min8 Nov
Jersey City16:52 → 19:3406:340 min06:370 min8 Nov
Port of Spain17:52 → 20:3405:590 min06:000 min8 Nov
London21:52 → 00:3407:050 min07:090 min8 Nov
Durban23:52 → 02:3404:570 min04:560 min8 Nov
Dubai01:52 → 04:3406:300 min06:320 min8 Nov
Delhi03:22 → 06:0406:380 min06:390 min8 Nov
Kolkata03:22 → 06:0405:450 min05:4618 min8 Nov
Singapore05:52 → 08:3406:470 min06:47107 min8 Nov
Sydney08:52 → 11:3405:500 min05:48274 min9 Nov
Suva09:52 → 12:3405:250 min05:24257 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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