Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1926

Wednesday 21 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 474 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 21 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 20:35 on Tue 20 Apr to 23:09 on Wed 21 Apr.

    1926-04-20T12:35:10Z → 1926-04-21T15:08:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 20th, 11:53–12:41 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 28415 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1926: Wednesday 21 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1926 falls on Wednesday 21 April. Navamī runs from 20:35 on Tue 20 Apr to 23:09 on Wed 21 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1926/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 21 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 21 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:35 → 07:0911:2848 min11:280 min20 Apr
Chicago06:35 → 09:0911:2648 min11:260 min20 Apr
Jersey City07:35 → 10:0911:3248 min11:310 min20 Apr
Port of Spain08:35 → 11:0911:4148 min11:410 min20 Apr
London13:35 → 16:0912:360 min12:3648 min21 Apr
Durban14:35 → 17:0911:310 min11:3148 min21 Apr
Dubai16:35 → 19:0911:540 min11:5448 min21 Apr
Delhi18:05 → 20:3911:560 min11:5648 min21 Apr
Kolkata18:05 → 20:3911:120 min11:1248 min21 Apr
Singapore19:35 → 22:0911:400 min11:3948 min21 Apr
Sydney22:35 → 01:0911:300 min11:3048 min21 Apr
Suva00:35 → 03:0911:410 min11:4148 min21 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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