Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1938

Friday 8 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 108 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 Friday 8 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 Saturday 9 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 10:08 on Fri 8 Apr to 08:12 on Sat 9 Apr.

    1938-04-08T02:08:18Z → 1938-04-09T00:11:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 6499 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1938: Friday 8 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1938 falls on Friday 8 April. Navamī runs from 10:08 on Fri 8 Apr to 08:12 on Sat 9 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1938/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 8 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 8 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 8 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:08 → 16:1211:3148 min11:310 min8 Apr
Chicago20:08 → 18:1211:2948 min11:290 min8 Apr
Jersey City21:08 → 19:1211:3548 min11:340 min8 Apr
Port of Spain22:08 → 20:1211:4448 min11:440 min8 Apr
London02:08 → 00:1211:3948 min11:390 min8 Apr
Durban04:08 → 02:1211:3448 min11:330 min8 Apr
Dubai06:08 → 04:1211:5748 min11:570 min8 Apr
Delhi07:38 → 05:4211:5948 min11:590 min8 Apr
Kolkata07:38 → 05:4211:1548 min11:150 min8 Apr
Singapore09:28 → 07:3212:0348 min12:020 min8 Apr
Sydney12:08 → 10:1211:3313 min11:330 min8 Apr
Suva14:08 → 12:1211:440 min11:4428 min9 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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