Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1953

Monday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 345 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 Monday 23 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 24 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 04:42 on Mon 23 Mar to 06:16 on Tue 24 Mar.

    1953-03-22T20:41:34Z → 1953-03-23T22:15:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 20704 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1953: Monday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1953 falls on Monday 23 March. Navamī runs from 04:42 on Mon 23 Mar to 06:16 on Tue 24 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1953/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:42 → 14:1611:360 min11:3648 min23 Mar
Chicago14:42 → 16:1611:340 min11:3448 min23 Mar
Jersey City15:42 → 17:1611:400 min11:3948 min23 Mar
Port of Spain16:42 → 18:1611:490 min11:4948 min23 Mar
London20:42 → 22:1611:440 min11:4448 min23 Mar
Durban22:42 → 00:1611:390 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Dubai00:42 → 02:1612:020 min12:0248 min23 Mar
Delhi02:12 → 03:4612:040 min12:0448 min23 Mar
Kolkata02:12 → 03:4611:200 min11:1948 min23 Mar
Singapore04:12 → 05:4612:180 min12:1748 min23 Mar
Sydney06:42 → 08:1611:380 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Suva08:42 → 10:1611:490 min11:4948 min23 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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