Forenoon of Wednesday 18 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
06:43 sunrisepūrvāhṇa ends 10:22
06:1907:0707:5508:4309:3110:19
220 of 220 minutes covered
Ruling · Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) · 2026
Boundaryin Ujjain, 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 18 November
Taken. Both forenoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
220 of 220 minutes covered
Forenoon of Thursday 19 November
Qualifies with 23 of 219 minutes. Not taken.
23 of 219 minutes covered, the first 23
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 06:06 on Wed 18 Nov to 07:07 on Thu 19 Nov.
2026-11-18T00:35:40Z → 2026-11-19T01:36:43Z
Kāla
Pūrvāhṇa is first 5 of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:43–10:22 on the 18th, 06:43–10:23 on the 19th.
purvahna: day-muhurta-1-5 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during pūrvāhṇa. It covers 220 of 220 minutes on the 18th and 23 of 219 on the 19th.
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 1407 s
Ruling
Akṣaya Navamī, Ujjain, 2026: Wednesday 18 November.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Ujjain, Akṣaya Navamī (Amla Navami) 2026 falls on Wednesday 18 November. Navamī runs from 06:06 on Wed 18 Nov to 07:07 on Thu 19 Nov and covers all of pūrvāhṇa that forenoon. It also reaches the next forenoon for 23 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 18 Nov |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 18 Nov |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 18 Nov |
| Rashtriya Panchang | Monthly list, November 2026 | Wed 18 Nov |
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 18th | Covered | Sunrise 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 16:36 → 17:37 | 06:29 | 206 min | 06:30 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Chicago | 18:36 → 19:37 | 06:44 | 194 min | 06:45 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Jersey City | 19:36 → 20:37 | 06:47 | 196 min | 06:48 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Port of Spain | 20:36 → 21:37 | 06:03 | 232 min | 06:03 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| London | 00:36 → 01:37 | 07:24 | 174 min | 07:26 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Durban | 02:36 → 03:37 | 04:51 | 274 min | 04:51 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Dubai | 04:36 → 05:37 | 06:38 | 217 min | 06:38 | 0 min | 18 Nov |
| Delhi | 06:06 → 07:07 | 06:46 | 213 min | 06:47 | 20 min | 18 Nov |
| Kolkata | 06:06 → 07:07 | 05:51 | 206 min | 05:52 | 75 min | 18 Nov |
| Singapore | 08:36 → 09:37 | 06:48 | 134 min | 06:48 | 168 min | 19 Nov |
| Sydney | 11:36 → 12:37 | 05:42 | 0 min | 05:42 | 279 min | 19 Nov |
| Suva | 12:36 → 13:37 | 05:22 | 0 min | 05:22 | 260 min | 19 Nov |