Forenoon of Tuesday 8 November
Qualifies with 29 of 197 minutes. Not taken.
07:03 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:20
Navamī begins 09:51:02
06:3907:2708:1509:0309:5110:39
29 of 197 minutes covered, the last 29
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2016
Boundaryin Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Forenoon of Tuesday 8 November
Qualifies with 29 of 197 minutes. Not taken.
29 of 197 minutes covered, the last 29
Forenoon of Wednesday 9 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
131 of 197 minutes covered, the first 131
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 09:51 on Tue 8 Nov to 09:15 on Wed 9 Nov.
2016-11-08T07:51:02Z → 2016-11-09T07:15:27Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:03–10:20 on the 8th, 07:04–10:21 on the 9th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 29 of 197 minutes on the 8th and 131 of 197 on the 9th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both forenoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1760 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Bucharest, 2016: Wednesday 9 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Bucharest, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2016 falls on Wednesday 9 November. Navamī runs from 09:51 on Tue 8 Nov to 09:15 on Wed 9 Nov and covers 131 of 197 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 29 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 9 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 9 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 9 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/akshaya-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Sunrise 8th | Covered | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:51 → 23:15 | 06:20 | 211 min | 06:21 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Chicago | 01:51 → 01:15 | 06:33 | 201 min | 06:34 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Jersey City | 02:51 → 02:15 | 06:36 | 203 min | 06:37 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 03:51 → 03:15 | 06:00 | 234 min | 06:00 | 0 min | 8 Nov |
| London | 07:51 → 07:15 | 07:07 | 141 min | 07:09 | 6 min | 8 Nov |
| Durban | 09:51 → 09:15 | 04:56 | 0 min | 04:56 | 260 min | 9 Nov |
| Dubai | 11:51 → 11:15 | 06:31 | 0 min | 06:32 | 220 min | 9 Nov |
| Delhi | 13:21 → 12:45 | 06:39 | 0 min | 06:39 | 217 min | 9 Nov |
| Kolkata | 13:21 → 12:45 | 05:45 | 0 min | 05:46 | 223 min | 9 Nov |
| Singapore | 15:51 → 15:15 | 06:47 | 0 min | 06:47 | 241 min | 9 Nov |
| Sydney | 18:51 → 18:15 | 05:49 | 0 min | 05:48 | 274 min | 9 Nov |
| Suva | 20:51 → 20:15 | 06:24 | 0 min | 06:24 | 258 min | 9 Nov |