Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1945

Friday 20 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 399 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 20 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 21 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

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 05:06 on Fri 20 Apr to 06:14 on Sat 21 Apr.

    1945-04-19T20:05:36Z → 1945-04-20T21:14:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:53–13:41 on the 20th, 12:53–13:41 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 23929 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1945: Friday 20 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1945 falls on Friday 20 April. Navamī runs from 05:06 on Fri 20 Apr to 06:14 on Sat 21 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1945/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 20 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 20 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:06 → 14:1412:2811 min12:2848 min20 Apr
Chicago15:06 → 16:1412:260 min12:2648 min20 Apr
Jersey City16:06 → 17:1412:320 min12:3248 min20 Apr
Port of Spain17:06 → 18:1412:410 min12:4148 min20 Apr
London22:06 → 23:1413:360 min13:3648 min20 Apr
Durban22:06 → 23:1411:310 min11:3148 min20 Apr
Dubai00:06 → 01:1411:540 min11:5448 min20 Apr
Delhi02:36 → 03:4412:560 min12:5648 min20 Apr
Kolkata02:36 → 03:4412:120 min12:1248 min20 Apr
Singapore05:06 → 06:1413:400 min13:4048 min20 Apr
Sydney06:06 → 07:1411:300 min11:3048 min20 Apr
Suva08:06 → 09:1411:410 min11:4148 min20 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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