Forenoon of Sunday 5 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
197 of 197 minutes covered
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2000
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 Sunday 5 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
197 of 197 minutes covered
Forenoon of Monday 6 November
Qualifies with 21 of 196 minutes. Not taken.
21 of 196 minutes covered, the first 21
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 04:41 on Sun 5 Nov to 06:50 on Mon 6 Nov.
2000-11-04T20:41:18Z → 2000-11-05T22:50:12Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:28–09:45 on the 5th, 06:29–09:45 on the 6th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 197 of 197 minutes on the 5th and 21 of 196 on the 6th.
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 1262 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Daqing, 2000: Sunday 5 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2000 falls on Sunday 5 November. Navamī runs from 04:41 on Sun 5 Nov to 06:50 on Mon 6 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 21 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 | Sun 5 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 5 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 5 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 4th | Covered | Sunrise 5th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 12:41 → 14:50 | 06:16 | 0 min | 06:17 | 213 min | 5 Nov |
| Chicago | 14:41 → 16:50 | 06:27 | 0 min | 06:29 | 204 min | 5 Nov |
| Jersey City | 15:41 → 17:50 | 06:31 | 0 min | 06:32 | 205 min | 5 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 16:41 → 18:50 | 05:58 | 0 min | 05:59 | 234 min | 5 Nov |
| London | 20:41 → 22:50 | 07:00 | 0 min | 07:02 | 188 min | 5 Nov |
| Durban | 22:41 → 00:50 | 04:59 | 0 min | 04:58 | 268 min | 5 Nov |
| Dubai | 00:41 → 02:50 | 06:28 | 0 min | 06:29 | 222 min | 5 Nov |
| Delhi | 02:11 → 04:20 | 06:36 | 0 min | 06:36 | 219 min | 5 Nov |
| Kolkata | 02:11 → 04:20 | 05:43 | 0 min | 05:43 | 224 min | 5 Nov |
| Singapore | 04:41 → 06:50 | 06:46 | 0 min | 06:46 | 241 min | 5 Nov |
| Sydney | 07:41 → 09:50 | 05:52 | 0 min | 05:51 | 162 min | 6 Nov |
| Suva | 08:41 → 10:50 | 05:26 | 0 min | 05:25 | 61 min | 6 Nov |