Midday of Monday 26 March
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:01 12:49 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:51:11
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1923
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 2 min 35 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Monday 26 March
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Tuesday 27 March
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
36 of 48 minutes covered, the first 36
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:51 on Mon 26 Mar to 12:36 on Tue 27 Mar.
1923-03-26T04:51:12Z → 1923-03-27T04:36:04Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 36 of 48 on the 27th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 155 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1923: Tuesday 27 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1923 falls on Tuesday 27 March. Navamī runs from 12:51 on Mon 26 Mar to 12:36 on Tue 27 Mar and covers 36 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 2 min 35 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 27 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 27 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 27 Mar |
| 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 26th | Covered | Madhyāhna 27th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:51 → 20:36 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:51 → 22:36 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:51 → 23:36 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:51 → 00:36 | 11:48 | 48 min | 11:48 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| London | 04:51 → 04:36 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Durban | 06:51 → 06:36 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:51 → 08:36 | 12:01 | 48 min | 12:01 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Delhi | 10:21 → 10:06 | 12:03 | 48 min | 12:03 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Kolkata | 10:21 → 10:06 | 11:19 | 48 min | 11:19 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Singapore | 11:51 → 11:36 | 11:47 | 44 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 26 Mar |
| Sydney | 14:51 → 14:36 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 27 Mar |
| Suva | 16:51 → 16:36 | 11:48 | 0 min | 11:48 | 48 min | 27 Mar |