Midday of Tuesday 16 April
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:54 12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1940
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 173 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Tuesday 16 April
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Wednesday 17 April
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 09:01 on Tue 16 Apr to 07:08 on Wed 17 Apr.
1940-04-16T01:01:20Z → 1940-04-16T23:07:44Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 16th, 11:54–12:42 on the 17th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 10382 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1940: Tuesday 16 April.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1940 falls on Tuesday 16 April. Navamī runs from 09:01 on Tue 16 Apr to 07:08 on Wed 17 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Tue 16 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Tue 16 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Tue 16 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rama-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 16th | Covered | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 17:01 → 15:08 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:29 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Chicago | 19:01 → 17:08 | 11:27 | 48 min | 11:26 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Jersey City | 20:01 → 18:08 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:32 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 21:01 → 19:08 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| London | 02:01 → 00:08 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:37 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Durban | 03:01 → 01:08 | 11:32 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Dubai | 05:01 → 03:08 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:55 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Delhi | 06:31 → 04:38 | 11:57 | 48 min | 11:57 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Kolkata | 06:31 → 04:38 | 11:13 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Singapore | 08:21 → 06:28 | 12:00 | 48 min | 12:00 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Sydney | 11:01 → 09:08 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 16 Apr |
| Suva | 13:01 → 11:08 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 0 min | 17 Apr |