Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1933

Tuesday 4 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 458 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 Tuesday 4 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 5 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 02:53 on Tue 4 Apr to 04:19 on Wed 5 Apr.

    1933-04-03T18:52:33Z → 1933-04-04T20:18:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:57–12:45 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 27506 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1933: Tuesday 4 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1933 falls on Tuesday 4 April. Navamī runs from 02:53 on Tue 4 Apr to 04:19 on Wed 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 4 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 4 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:53 → 12:1911:3348 min11:3247 min3 Apr
Chicago12:53 → 14:1911:300 min11:3048 min4 Apr
Jersey City13:53 → 15:1911:360 min11:3648 min4 Apr
Port of Spain14:53 → 16:1911:460 min11:4548 min4 Apr
London18:53 → 20:1911:400 min11:4048 min4 Apr
Durban20:53 → 22:1911:350 min11:3548 min4 Apr
Dubai22:53 → 00:1911:580 min11:5848 min4 Apr
Delhi00:23 → 01:4912:010 min12:0048 min4 Apr
Kolkata00:23 → 01:4911:160 min11:1648 min4 Apr
Singapore02:13 → 03:3912:040 min12:0448 min4 Apr
Sydney04:53 → 06:1911:340 min11:3448 min4 Apr
Suva06:53 → 08:1911:460 min11:4548 min4 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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