Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1918

Friday 19 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 564 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 19 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 20 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 00:46 on Fri 19 Apr to 02:30 on Sat 20 Apr.

    1918-04-18T16:46:03Z → 1918-04-19T18:29:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 19th, 11:54–12:42 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 33834 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1918: Friday 19 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1918 falls on Friday 19 April. Navamī runs from 00:46 on Fri 19 Apr to 02:30 on Sat 20 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1918/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 19 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 19 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:46 → 11:3012:2948 min12:280 min18 Apr
Chicago11:46 → 13:3012:2648 min12:2648 min18 Apr
Jersey City12:46 → 14:3012:3234 min12:3248 min19 Apr
Port of Spain12:46 → 14:3011:420 min11:4148 min19 Apr
London17:46 → 19:3012:370 min12:3648 min19 Apr
Durban18:46 → 20:3011:310 min11:3148 min19 Apr
Dubai20:27 → 22:1111:350 min11:3548 min19 Apr
Delhi22:16 → 00:0011:570 min11:5748 min19 Apr
Kolkata22:16 → 00:0011:120 min11:1248 min19 Apr
Singapore23:46 → 01:3011:400 min11:4048 min19 Apr
Sydney02:46 → 04:3011:310 min11:3048 min19 Apr
Suva04:46 → 06:3011:420 min11:4248 min19 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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