Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1906

Tuesday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 629 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 4 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 00:42 on Tue 3 Apr to 01:29 on Wed 4 Apr.

    1906-04-02T16:41:33Z → 1906-04-03T17:28:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 37752 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1906: Tuesday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1906 falls on Tuesday 3 April. Navamī runs from 00:42 on Tue 3 Apr to 01:29 on Wed 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1906/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/rama-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Caitra, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Navamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 9 Ramanavami (madhyahnavyapini, special with Punarvasu naks.), Rama jayanti.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102. The row calls the day special when it falls with Punarvasu nakṣatra; the nakṣatra is not tested.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceNavamīMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:42 → 09:2911:3348 min11:330 min2 Apr
Chicago10:42 → 11:2911:3148 min11:300 min2 Apr
Jersey City11:42 → 12:2911:3643 min11:3648 min3 Apr
Port of Spain12:42 → 13:2911:460 min11:4648 min3 Apr
London16:42 → 17:2911:410 min11:4148 min3 Apr
Durban18:42 → 19:2911:360 min11:3548 min3 Apr
Dubai20:23 → 21:1011:400 min11:4048 min3 Apr
Delhi22:12 → 22:5912:010 min12:0148 min3 Apr
Kolkata22:12 → 22:5911:170 min11:1648 min3 Apr
Singapore23:42 → 00:2911:450 min11:4448 min3 Apr
Sydney02:42 → 03:2911:350 min11:3548 min3 Apr
Suva04:37 → 05:2411:410 min11:4148 min3 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rama-navami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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