Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2011

Thursday 3 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 3 November

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

06:55 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:18
Navamī begins 07:01:11
06:3107:1908:0708:5509:4310:31

196 of 202 minutes covered, the last 196

Forenoon of Friday 4 November

Qualifies with 80 of 202 minutes. Not taken.

06:56 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:18
Navamī ends 08:16:35
06:3207:2008:0808:5609:4410:32

80 of 202 minutes covered, the first 80

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 07:01 on Thu 3 Nov to 08:17 on Fri 4 Nov.

    2011-11-03T05:01:11Z → 2011-11-04T06:16:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:55–10:18 on the 3rd, 06:56–10:18 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 196 of 202 minutes on the 3rd and 80 of 202 on the 4th.

    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 362 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Bucharest, 2011: Thursday 3 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2011 falls on Thursday 3 November. Navamī runs from 07:01 on Thu 3 Nov to 08:17 on Fri 4 Nov and covers 196 of 202 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 80 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/2011/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 3 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 3 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 3 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 3rdCoveredSunrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:01 → 23:1707:15215 min07:150 min3 Nov
Chicago00:01 → 01:1707:25206 min07:270 min3 Nov
Jersey City01:01 → 02:1707:29207 min07:300 min3 Nov
Port of Spain01:01 → 02:1705:58234 min05:580 min3 Nov
London05:01 → 06:1706:57191 min06:590 min3 Nov
Durban07:01 → 08:1705:00145 min05:00197 min4 Nov
Dubai09:01 → 10:1706:2769 min06:28223 min4 Nov
Delhi10:31 → 11:4706:340 min06:35220 min4 Nov
Kolkata10:31 → 11:4705:420 min05:43225 min4 Nov
Singapore13:01 → 14:1706:460 min06:46241 min4 Nov
Sydney16:01 → 17:1705:540 min05:53271 min4 Nov
Suva18:01 → 19:1706:270 min06:26256 min4 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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