Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2046

Wednesday 7 November

Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both forenoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two forenoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Forenoon of Tuesday 6 November

Qualifies with 28 of 196 minutes. Not taken.

06:29 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:45
Navamī begins 09:17:36
06:0506:5307:4108:2909:1710:05

28 of 196 minutes covered, the last 28

Forenoon of Wednesday 7 November

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

06:30 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:46
06:0606:5407:4208:3009:1810:06

195 of 195 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 09:18 on Tue 6 Nov to 11:20 on Wed 7 Nov.

    2046-11-06T01:17:37Z → 2046-11-07T03:20:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:29–09:45 on the 6th, 06:30–09:46 on the 7th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 28 of 196 minutes on the 6th and 195 of 195 on the 7th.

    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 1657 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Daqing, 2046: Wednesday 7 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Daqing, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2046 falls on Wednesday 7 November. Navamī runs from 09:18 on Tue 6 Nov to 11:20 on Wed 7 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 28 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2046/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 6thCoveredSunrise 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:18 → 19:2006:18212 min06:190 min6 Nov
Chicago19:18 → 21:2006:30203 min06:310 min6 Nov
Jersey City20:18 → 22:2006:33204 min06:340 min6 Nov
Port of Spain21:18 → 23:2005:59234 min05:590 min6 Nov
London01:18 → 03:2007:03187 min07:050 min6 Nov
Durban03:18 → 05:2004:58268 min04:5723 min6 Nov
Dubai05:18 → 07:2006:30222 min06:3050 min6 Nov
Delhi06:48 → 08:5006:37208 min06:38132 min6 Nov
Kolkata06:48 → 08:5005:44160 min05:45186 min7 Nov
Singapore09:18 → 11:2006:4690 min06:47241 min7 Nov
Sydney12:18 → 14:2005:510 min05:50273 min7 Nov
Suva13:18 → 15:2005:250 min05:25257 min7 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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