Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1942

Thursday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 499 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 25 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 13:01  13:49 madhyāhna ends
12:1312:3713:0113:2513:4914:1314:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 13:00  13:48 madhyāhna ends
12:1212:3613:0013:2413:4814:1214:36

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 22:08 on Wed 25 Mar to 00:02 on Fri 27 Mar.

    1942-03-25T13:07:38Z → 1942-03-26T15:01:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 13:01–13:49 on the 25th, 13:00–13:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 29932 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1942: Thursday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1942 falls on Thursday 26 March. Navamī runs from 22:08 on Wed 25 Mar to 00:02 on Fri 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 26 Mar
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:08 → 08:0212:3548 min12:350 min25 Mar
Chicago08:08 → 10:0212:3348 min12:330 min25 Mar
Jersey City09:08 → 11:0212:3948 min12:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain09:08 → 11:0211:4848 min11:480 min25 Mar
London14:08 → 16:0212:430 min12:4348 min26 Mar
Durban15:08 → 17:0211:380 min11:3848 min26 Mar
Dubai17:08 → 19:0212:010 min12:0148 min26 Mar
Delhi19:38 → 21:3213:040 min13:0348 min26 Mar
Kolkata19:38 → 21:3212:190 min12:1948 min26 Mar
Singapore22:08 → 00:0213:470 min13:4748 min26 Mar
Sydney00:08 → 02:0212:370 min12:3748 min26 Mar
Suva01:08 → 03:0211:490 min11:4848 min26 Mar
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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