Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1913

Friday 7 November

Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Thursday 6 November

Qualifies with 47 of 200 minutes. Not taken.

06:43 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:03
Navamī begins 09:16:41
06:1907:0707:5508:4309:3110:19

47 of 200 minutes covered, the last 47

Forenoon of Friday 7 November

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

06:44 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:03
06:2007:0807:5608:4409:3210:20

199 of 199 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 09:16 on Thu 6 Nov to 11:36 on Fri 7 Nov.

    1913-11-06T07:32:17Z → 1913-11-07T09:52:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:43–10:03 on the 6th, 06:44–10:03 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 47 of 200 minutes on the 6th and 199 of 199 on the 7th.

    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 2803 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Bucharest, 1913: Friday 7 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1913 falls on Friday 7 November. Navamī runs from 09:16 on Thu 6 Nov to 11:36 on Fri 7 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 47 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1913/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 Angeles23:32 → 01:5206:17213 min06:180 min6 Nov
Chicago01:32 → 03:5206:29203 min06:300 min6 Nov
Jersey City02:32 → 04:5206:32205 min06:340 min6 Nov
Port of Spain03:32 → 05:5205:59234 min05:590 min6 Nov
London07:32 → 09:5207:02158 min07:04168 min7 Nov
Durban09:32 → 11:5204:580 min04:58268 min7 Nov
Dubai11:13 → 13:3306:100 min06:11222 min7 Nov
Delhi13:02 → 15:2206:370 min06:37218 min7 Nov
Kolkata13:02 → 15:2205:440 min05:44224 min7 Nov
Singapore14:32 → 16:5205:460 min05:47241 min7 Nov
Sydney17:32 → 19:5204:510 min04:51272 min7 Nov
Suva19:27 → 21:4705:200 min05:20257 min7 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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