Forenoon of Friday 16 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:42 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:50
06:1807:0607:5408:4209:3010:18
188 of 188 minutes covered
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1923
Boundaryin Daqing, 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 Friday 16 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
188 of 188 minutes covered
Forenoon of Saturday 17 November
Qualifies with 20 of 187 minutes. Not taken.
20 of 187 minutes covered, the first 20
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 05:57 on Fri 16 Nov to 07:03 on Sat 17 Nov.
1923-11-15T21:57:15Z → 1923-11-16T23:03:17Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:42–09:50 on the 16th, 06:43–09:51 on the 17th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 188 of 188 minutes on the 16th and 20 of 187 on the 17th.
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 1195 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Daqing, 1923: Friday 16 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1923 falls on Friday 16 November. Navamī runs from 05:57 on Fri 16 Nov to 07:03 on Sat 17 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 20 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 | Fri 16 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 16 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 16 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 15th | Covered | Sunrise 16th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:57 → 15:03 | 06:25 | 0 min | 06:26 | 208 min | 16 Nov |
| Chicago | 15:57 → 17:03 | 06:39 | 0 min | 06:41 | 196 min | 16 Nov |
| Jersey City | 16:57 → 18:03 | 06:42 | 0 min | 06:44 | 198 min | 16 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 17:57 → 19:03 | 06:02 | 0 min | 06:02 | 233 min | 16 Nov |
| London | 21:57 → 23:03 | 07:17 | 0 min | 07:19 | 177 min | 16 Nov |
| Durban | 23:57 → 01:03 | 04:53 | 0 min | 04:52 | 272 min | 16 Nov |
| Dubai | 01:57 → 03:03 | 06:35 | 0 min | 06:36 | 218 min | 16 Nov |
| Delhi | 03:27 → 04:33 | 06:43 | 0 min | 06:44 | 214 min | 16 Nov |
| Kolkata | 03:27 → 04:33 | 05:49 | 0 min | 05:49 | 221 min | 16 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:57 → 06:03 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:48 | 241 min | 16 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:57 → 09:03 | 04:45 | 0 min | 04:44 | 84 min | 17 Nov |
| Suva | 09:57 → 11:03 | 05:23 | 0 min | 05:22 | 0 min | 17 Nov |