Forenoon of Wednesday 20 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
07:07 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:30
06:4307:3108:1909:0709:5510:43
203 of 203 minutes covered
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1985
Boundaryin Daegu, 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 Wednesday 20 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
203 of 203 minutes covered
Forenoon of Thursday 21 November
Qualifies with 10 of 202 minutes. Not taken.
10 of 202 minutes covered, the first 10
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 06:17 on Wed 20 Nov to 07:18 on Thu 21 Nov.
1985-11-19T21:16:58Z → 1985-11-20T22:17:42Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 07:07–10:30 on the 20th, 07:08–10:30 on the 21st.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 203 of 203 minutes on the 20th and 10 of 202 on the 21st.
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 606 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Daegu, 1985: Wednesday 20 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daegu, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1985 falls on Wednesday 20 November. Navamī runs from 06:17 on Wed 20 Nov to 07:18 on Thu 21 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 10 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 20 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 20 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 20 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu. | ||
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 19th | Covered | Sunrise 20th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:17 → 14:18 | 06:30 | 0 min | 06:31 | 205 min | 20 Nov |
| Chicago | 15:17 → 16:18 | 06:45 | 0 min | 06:47 | 193 min | 20 Nov |
| Jersey City | 16:17 → 17:18 | 06:48 | 0 min | 06:49 | 195 min | 20 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:17 → 18:18 | 06:03 | 0 min | 06:04 | 232 min | 20 Nov |
| London | 21:17 → 22:18 | 07:26 | 0 min | 07:27 | 172 min | 20 Nov |
| Durban | 23:17 → 00:18 | 04:51 | 0 min | 04:50 | 274 min | 20 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:17 → 02:18 | 06:38 | 0 min | 06:39 | 217 min | 20 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:47 → 03:48 | 06:47 | 0 min | 06:48 | 213 min | 20 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:47 → 03:48 | 05:52 | 0 min | 05:53 | 220 min | 20 Nov |
| Singapore | 05:17 → 06:18 | 06:48 | 0 min | 06:49 | 241 min | 20 Nov |
| Sydney | 08:17 → 09:18 | 05:42 | 0 min | 05:41 | 124 min | 21 Nov |
| Suva | 09:17 → 10:18 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:22 | 25 min | 21 Nov |