Midday of Tuesday 11 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:56 12:44 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:49:40
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1916
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 11 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 12 April
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:50 on Tue 11 Apr to 14:02 on Wed 12 Apr.
1916-04-11T03:49:40Z → 1916-04-12T06:02:21Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 11th, 11:55–12:43 on the 12th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 361 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1916: Tuesday 11 April.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1916 falls on Tuesday 11 April. Navamī runs from 11:50 on Tue 11 Apr to 14:02 on Wed 12 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 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 | Tue 11 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 11 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 12 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rama-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 11th | Covered | Madhyāhna 12th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:50 → 22:02 | 11:30 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 11 Apr |
| Chicago | 21:50 → 00:02 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 11 Apr |
| Jersey City | 22:50 → 01:02 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 11 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 23:50 → 02:02 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 11 Apr |
| London | 03:50 → 06:02 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 11 Apr |
| Durban | 05:50 → 08:02 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 11 Apr |
| Dubai | 07:31 → 09:43 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 11 Apr |
| Delhi | 09:20 → 11:32 | 11:58 | 48 min | 11:58 | 0 min | 11 Apr |
| Kolkata | 09:20 → 11:32 | 11:14 | 48 min | 11:14 | 19 min | 11 Apr |
| Singapore | 10:50 → 13:02 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 11 Apr |
| Sydney | 13:50 → 16:02 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 12 Apr |
| Suva | 15:50 → 18:02 | 11:43 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 12 Apr |