Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1941

Sunday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 451 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 5 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:57  13:45 madhyāhna ends
12:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:0914:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:57  13:45 madhyāhna ends
12:0912:3312:5713:2113:4514:0914:33

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 21:25 on Sat 5 Apr to 21:16 on Sun 6 Apr.

    1941-04-05T12:24:39Z → 1941-04-06T12:15:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:57–13:45 on the 5th, 12:57–13:45 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 27031 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1941: Sunday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1941 falls on Sunday 6 April. Navamī runs from 21:25 on Sat 5 Apr to 21:16 on Sun 6 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:25 → 04:1611:3248 min11:320 min5 Apr
Chicago06:25 → 06:1611:3048 min11:290 min5 Apr
Jersey City07:25 → 07:1611:3548 min11:350 min5 Apr
Port of Spain08:25 → 08:1611:4548 min11:450 min5 Apr
London13:25 → 13:1612:403 min12:4036 min6 Apr
Durban14:25 → 14:1611:350 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Dubai16:25 → 16:1611:580 min11:5848 min6 Apr
Delhi17:55 → 17:4612:000 min12:0048 min6 Apr
Kolkata17:55 → 17:4611:160 min11:1548 min6 Apr
Singapore19:45 → 19:3612:040 min12:0348 min6 Apr
Sydney22:25 → 22:1611:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Suva00:25 → 00:1611:450 min11:4548 min6 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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