Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1924

Sunday 13 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 187 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 Sunday 13 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 14 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 07:54 on Sun 13 Apr to 08:48 on Mon 14 Apr.

    1924-04-12T23:54:25Z → 1924-04-14T00:47:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 11229 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1924: Sunday 13 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1924 falls on Sunday 13 April. Navamī runs from 07:54 on Sun 13 Apr to 08:48 on Mon 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1924/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 13 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 13 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:54 → 16:4811:300 min11:300 min13 Apr
Chicago17:54 → 18:4811:280 min11:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City18:54 → 19:4811:330 min11:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain19:54 → 20:4811:430 min11:420 min13 Apr
London23:54 → 01:4811:380 min12:370 min13 Apr
Durban01:54 → 02:4811:330 min11:320 min13 Apr
Dubai03:54 → 04:4811:560 min11:550 min13 Apr
Delhi05:24 → 06:1811:580 min11:580 min13 Apr
Kolkata05:24 → 06:1811:140 min11:130 min13 Apr
Singapore06:54 → 07:4811:420 min11:410 min13 Apr
Sydney09:54 → 10:4811:320 min11:310 min13 Apr
Suva11:54 → 12:4811:430 min11:4348 min14 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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