Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2089

Friday 11 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 Friday 11 November

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

06:57 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:21
06:3307:2108:0908:5709:4510:33

203 of 203 minutes covered

Forenoon of Saturday 12 November

Qualifies with 19 of 203 minutes. Not taken.

06:58 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:21
Navamī ends 07:17:39
06:3407:2208:1008:5809:4610:34

19 of 203 minutes covered, the first 19

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 04:47 on Fri 11 Nov to 07:18 on Sat 12 Nov.

    2089-11-10T20:47:26Z → 2089-11-11T23:17:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:57–10:21 on the 11th, 06:58–10:21 on the 12th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 203 of 203 minutes on the 11th and 19 of 203 on the 12th.

    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 1165 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Baoding, 2089: Friday 11 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2089 falls on Friday 11 November. Navamī runs from 04:47 on Fri 11 Nov to 07:18 on Sat 12 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 19 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/2089/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 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 10thCoveredSunrise 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:47 → 15:1806:220 min06:23209 min11 Nov
Chicago14:47 → 17:1806:360 min06:37199 min11 Nov
Jersey City15:47 → 18:1806:390 min06:40200 min11 Nov
Port of Spain16:47 → 19:1806:000 min06:01233 min11 Nov
London20:47 → 23:1807:120 min07:13181 min11 Nov
Durban22:47 → 01:1804:550 min04:54271 min11 Nov
Dubai00:47 → 03:1806:330 min06:34220 min11 Nov
Delhi02:17 → 04:4806:410 min06:41216 min11 Nov
Kolkata02:17 → 04:4805:470 min05:47222 min11 Nov
Singapore04:47 → 07:1806:470 min06:47241 min11 Nov
Sydney07:47 → 10:1805:470 min05:47155 min12 Nov
Suva08:47 → 11:1805:240 min05:2354 min12 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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