Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1930

Monday 7 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 338 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Monday 7 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 8 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 06:19 on Mon 7 Apr to 03:59 on Tue 8 Apr.

    1930-04-06T22:19:20Z → 1930-04-07T19:58:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 7th, 11:57–12:45 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 20254 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1930: Monday 7 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1930 falls on Monday 7 April. Navamī runs from 06:19 on Mon 7 Apr to 03:59 on Tue 8 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1930/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:19 → 11:5911:320 min11:3127 min7 Apr
Chicago16:19 → 13:5911:300 min11:2948 min7 Apr
Jersey City17:19 → 14:5911:350 min11:3548 min7 Apr
Port of Spain18:19 → 15:5911:450 min11:4448 min7 Apr
London22:19 → 19:5911:400 min11:3948 min7 Apr
Durban00:19 → 21:5911:340 min11:3448 min7 Apr
Dubai02:19 → 23:5911:580 min11:5748 min7 Apr
Delhi03:49 → 01:2912:000 min12:0048 min7 Apr
Kolkata03:49 → 01:2911:150 min11:1548 min7 Apr
Singapore05:19 → 02:5911:430 min11:4348 min7 Apr
Sydney08:19 → 05:5911:340 min11:3348 min7 Apr
Suva10:19 → 07:5911:450 min11:4548 min7 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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