Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2011

Friday 4 November

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

Decide it for

30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two forenoons

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

Forenoon of Thursday 3 November

Qualifies with 7 of 219 minutes. Not taken.

06:30 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:08
Navamī begins 10:01:11
06:0606:5407:4208:3009:1810:06

7 of 219 minutes covered, the last 7

Forenoon of Friday 4 November

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

06:30 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:08
06:0606:5407:4208:3009:1810:06

218 of 218 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 10:01 on Thu 3 Nov to 11:17 on Fri 4 Nov.

    2011-11-03T05:01:11Z → 2011-11-04T06:16:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:30–10:08 on the 3rd, 06:30–10:08 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 7 of 219 minutes on the 3rd and 218 of 218 on the 4th.

    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 418 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Akṣaya Navamī, Multan, 2011: Friday 4 November.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Multan, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2011 falls on Friday 4 November. Navamī runs from 10:01 on Thu 3 Nov to 11:17 on Fri 4 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the previous forenoon for 7 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2011/akshaya-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Nov
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Nov
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 Nov
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 3rdCoveredSunrise 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:01 → 23:1707:15215 min07:150 min3 Nov
Chicago00:01 → 01:1707:25206 min07:270 min3 Nov
Jersey City01:01 → 02:1707:29207 min07:300 min3 Nov
Port of Spain01:01 → 02:1705:58234 min05:580 min3 Nov
London05:01 → 06:1706:57191 min06:590 min3 Nov
Durban07:01 → 08:1705:00145 min05:00197 min4 Nov
Dubai09:01 → 10:1706:2769 min06:28223 min4 Nov
Delhi10:31 → 11:4706:340 min06:35220 min4 Nov
Kolkata10:31 → 11:4705:420 min05:43225 min4 Nov
Singapore13:01 → 14:1706:460 min06:46241 min4 Nov
Sydney16:01 → 17:1705:540 min05:53271 min4 Nov
Suva18:01 → 19:1706:270 min06:26256 min4 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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