Forenoon of Wednesday 21 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:45 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:15
Navamī begins 07:23:28
06:2107:0907:5708:4509:3310:21
171 of 210 minutes covered, the last 171
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2012
Boundaryin Multan, 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 21 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
171 of 210 minutes covered, the last 171
Forenoon of Thursday 22 November
Qualifies with 54 of 210 minutes. Not taken.
54 of 210 minutes covered, the first 54
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 07:23 on Wed 21 Nov to 07:40 on Thu 22 Nov.
2012-11-21T02:23:28Z → 2012-11-22T02:39:58Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:45–10:15 on the 21st, 06:46–10:15 on the 22nd.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 171 of 210 minutes on the 21st and 54 of 210 on the 22nd.
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 2317 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Multan, 2012: Wednesday 21 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Multan, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2012 falls on Wednesday 21 November. Navamī runs from 07:23 on Wed 21 Nov to 07:40 on Thu 22 Nov and covers 171 of 210 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 54 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 21 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 21 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 21 Nov |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan. | ||
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 21st | Covered | Sunrise 22nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:23 → 18:40 | 06:32 | 205 min | 06:33 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Chicago | 20:23 → 20:40 | 06:48 | 192 min | 06:49 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Jersey City | 21:23 → 21:40 | 06:51 | 194 min | 06:52 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 22:23 → 22:40 | 06:04 | 232 min | 06:05 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| London | 02:23 → 02:40 | 07:30 | 171 min | 07:31 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Durban | 04:23 → 04:40 | 04:50 | 275 min | 04:49 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Dubai | 06:23 → 06:40 | 06:40 | 216 min | 06:41 | 0 min | 21 Nov |
| Delhi | 07:53 → 08:10 | 06:49 | 147 min | 06:50 | 80 min | 21 Nov |
| Kolkata | 07:53 → 08:10 | 05:53 | 99 min | 05:54 | 136 min | 22 Nov |
| Singapore | 10:23 → 10:40 | 06:49 | 27 min | 06:49 | 231 min | 22 Nov |
| Sydney | 13:23 → 13:40 | 05:41 | 0 min | 05:40 | 281 min | 22 Nov |
| Suva | 15:23 → 15:40 | 06:21 | 0 min | 06:21 | 261 min | 22 Nov |