Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1915

Thursday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 413 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 24 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 25 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 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 19:42 on Wed 24 Mar to 21:03 on Thu 25 Mar.

    1915-03-24T11:41:44Z → 1915-03-25T13:02:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 24750 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1915: Thursday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1915 falls on Thursday 25 March. Navamī runs from 19:42 on Wed 24 Mar to 21:03 on Thu 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1915/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 Mar
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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:42 → 05:0311:3648 min11:360 min24 Mar
Chicago05:42 → 07:0311:3448 min11:330 min24 Mar
Jersey City06:42 → 08:0311:3948 min11:390 min24 Mar
Port of Spain07:42 → 09:0311:4948 min11:480 min24 Mar
London11:42 → 13:0311:4448 min11:4348 min24 Mar
Durban13:42 → 15:0311:380 min11:3848 min25 Mar
Dubai15:23 → 16:4411:430 min11:4248 min25 Mar
Delhi17:12 → 18:3312:040 min12:0448 min25 Mar
Kolkata17:12 → 18:3311:190 min11:1948 min25 Mar
Singapore18:42 → 20:0311:470 min11:4748 min25 Mar
Sydney21:42 → 23:0311:380 min11:3748 min25 Mar
Suva23:37 → 00:5811:440 min11:4448 min25 Mar
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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