Forenoon of Sunday 25 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:02 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 09:49
Navamī begins 08:44:04
05:3806:2607:1408:0208:5009:38
66 of 227 minutes covered, the last 66
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 1925
Boundaryin Riyadh, 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 25 October
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
66 of 227 minutes covered, the last 66
Forenoon of Monday 26 October
Qualifies with 38 of 227 minutes. Not taken.
38 of 227 minutes covered, the first 38
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 08:43 on Sun 25 Oct to 06:41 on Mon 26 Oct.
1925-10-25T05:37:12Z → 1925-10-26T03:35:02Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:02–09:49 on the 25th, 06:03–09:50 on the 26th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 66 of 227 minutes on the 25th and 38 of 227 on the 26th.
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 2308 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Riyadh, 1925: Sunday 25 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Riyadh, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 1925 falls on Sunday 25 October. Navamī runs from 08:43 on Sun 25 Oct to 06:41 on Mon 26 Oct and covers 66 of 227 minutes of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 38 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 25 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 25 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 25 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh. | ||
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 25th | Covered | Sunrise 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:37 → 19:35 | 06:06 | 220 min | 06:07 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:37 → 21:35 | 06:14 | 213 min | 06:16 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:37 → 22:35 | 06:18 | 215 min | 06:20 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 01:37 → 23:35 | 05:56 | 236 min | 05:56 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| London | 05:37 → 03:35 | 06:41 | 202 min | 06:43 | 0 min | 25 Oct |
| Durban | 07:37 → 05:35 | 05:09 | 113 min | 05:08 | 27 min | 25 Oct |
| Dubai | 09:37 → 07:35 | 06:22 | 32 min | 06:23 | 72 min | 26 Oct |
| Delhi | 11:07 → 09:05 | 06:28 | 0 min | 06:29 | 156 min | 26 Oct |
| Kolkata | 11:07 → 09:05 | 05:37 | 0 min | 05:38 | 207 min | 26 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:37 → 10:35 | 05:47 | 0 min | 05:47 | 241 min | 26 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:37 → 13:35 | 05:03 | 0 min | 05:02 | 265 min | 26 Oct |
| Suva | 17:37 → 15:35 | 05:32 | 0 min | 05:31 | 253 min | 26 Oct |