Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2081

Sunday 9 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 9 November

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

06:55 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:20
Navamī begins 06:48:17
06:3107:1908:0708:5509:4310:31

205 of 205 minutes covered

Forenoon of Monday 10 November

Qualifies with 143 of 204 minutes. Not taken.

06:56 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:20
Navamī ends 09:19:21
06:3207:2008:0808:5609:4410:32

143 of 204 minutes covered, the first 143

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 06:48 on Sun 9 Nov to 09:19 on Mon 10 Nov.

    2081-11-08T22:48:17Z → 2081-11-10T01:19:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:55–10:20 on the 9th, 06:56–10:20 on the 10th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 205 of 205 minutes on the 9th and 143 of 204 on the 10th.

    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 390 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 2081: Sunday 9 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2081 falls on Sunday 9 November. Navamī runs from 06:48 on Sun 9 Nov to 09:19 on Mon 10 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 143 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/2081/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 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 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:48 → 17:1906:200 min06:220 min9 Nov
Chicago16:48 → 19:1906:330 min06:350 min9 Nov
Jersey City17:48 → 20:1906:360 min06:390 min9 Nov
Port of Spain18:48 → 21:1906:000 min06:000 min9 Nov
London22:48 → 01:1907:080 min07:110 min9 Nov
Durban00:48 → 03:1904:560 min04:550 min9 Nov
Dubai02:48 → 05:1906:310 min06:330 min9 Nov
Delhi04:18 → 06:4906:390 min06:419 min9 Nov
Kolkata04:18 → 06:4905:460 min05:4763 min9 Nov
Singapore06:48 → 09:1906:470 min06:47152 min9 Nov
Sydney09:48 → 12:1905:490 min05:47275 min10 Nov
Suva10:48 → 13:1905:240 min05:24258 min10 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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