Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1947

Sunday 30 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 47 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 Sunday 30 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:12:15
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 31 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 11:12 on Sun 30 Mar to 09:06 on Mon 31 Mar.

    1947-03-30T03:12:16Z → 1947-03-31T01:06:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 2824 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1947: Sunday 30 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1947 falls on Sunday 30 March. Navamī runs from 11:12 on Sun 30 Mar to 09:06 on Mon 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1947/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 30 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 30 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 30 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:12 → 17:0611:3448 min11:340 min30 Mar
Chicago21:12 → 19:0611:3248 min11:310 min30 Mar
Jersey City22:12 → 20:0611:3748 min11:370 min30 Mar
Port of Spain23:12 → 21:0611:4748 min11:470 min30 Mar
London04:12 → 02:0612:4248 min12:410 min30 Mar
Durban05:12 → 03:0611:3648 min11:360 min30 Mar
Dubai07:12 → 05:0612:0048 min11:590 min30 Mar
Delhi08:42 → 06:3612:0248 min12:020 min30 Mar
Kolkata08:42 → 06:3611:1848 min11:170 min30 Mar
Singapore10:42 → 08:3612:1548 min12:150 min30 Mar
Sydney13:12 → 11:0611:360 min11:350 min31 Mar
Suva15:12 → 13:0611:470 min11:4748 min31 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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