Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1944

Saturday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 31 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 1 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 2 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 12:27:00
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

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 10:23 on Sat 1 Apr to 12:27 on Sun 2 Apr.

    1944-04-01T01:22:51Z → 1944-04-02T03:27:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 1st, 12:58–13:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 1872 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1944: Saturday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1944 falls on Saturday 1 April. Navamī runs from 10:23 on Sat 1 Apr to 12:27 on Sun 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 1 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:23 → 20:2712:3348 min12:330 min1 Apr
Chicago20:23 → 22:2712:3148 min12:310 min1 Apr
Jersey City21:23 → 23:2712:3748 min12:360 min1 Apr
Port of Spain22:23 → 00:2712:4648 min12:460 min1 Apr
London02:23 → 05:2712:4148 min13:410 min1 Apr
Durban03:23 → 05:2711:3648 min11:350 min1 Apr
Dubai05:23 → 07:2711:5948 min11:590 min1 Apr
Delhi07:53 → 09:5713:0148 min13:010 min1 Apr
Kolkata07:53 → 09:5712:1748 min12:160 min1 Apr
Singapore10:23 → 12:2713:4548 min13:440 min1 Apr
Sydney11:23 → 13:2711:3548 min11:3548 min1 Apr
Suva13:23 → 15:2711:460 min11:4648 min2 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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