Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2088

Monday 22 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 Monday 22 November

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

07:09 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:26
Navamī begins 07:52:05
06:4507:3308:2109:0909:5710:45

154 of 197 minutes covered, the last 154

Forenoon of Tuesday 23 November

Qualifies with 95 of 196 minutes. Not taken.

07:10 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:27
Navamī ends 08:45:38
06:4607:3408:2209:1009:5810:46

95 of 196 minutes covered, the first 95

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 07:52 on Mon 22 Nov to 08:46 on Tue 23 Nov.

    2088-11-21T23:52:06Z → 2088-11-23T00:45:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:09–10:26 on the 22nd, 07:10–10:27 on the 23rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 154 of 197 minutes on the 22nd and 95 of 196 on the 23rd.

    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 2562 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 2088: Monday 22 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2088 falls on Monday 22 November. Navamī runs from 07:52 on Mon 22 Nov to 08:46 on Tue 23 Nov and covers 154 of 197 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 95 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/2088/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 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 21stCoveredSunrise 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:52 → 16:4606:330 min06:350 min22 Nov
Chicago17:52 → 18:4606:490 min06:510 min22 Nov
Jersey City18:52 → 19:4606:520 min06:540 min22 Nov
Port of Spain19:52 → 20:4606:050 min06:060 min22 Nov
London23:52 → 00:4607:310 min07:340 min22 Nov
Durban01:52 → 02:4604:500 min04:490 min22 Nov
Dubai03:52 → 04:4606:410 min06:420 min22 Nov
Delhi05:22 → 06:1606:490 min06:510 min22 Nov
Kolkata05:22 → 06:1605:540 min05:5520 min22 Nov
Singapore07:52 → 08:4606:490 min06:50116 min22 Nov
Sydney10:52 → 11:4605:410 min05:40282 min23 Nov
Suva11:52 → 12:4605:210 min05:21261 min23 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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