Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1955

Friday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 81 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 Thursday 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

Midday of Friday 1 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

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

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 15:23 on Thu 31 Mar to 14:07 on Fri 1 Apr.

    1955-03-31T07:23:12Z → 1955-04-01T06:07:28Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 31st and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 4846 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1955: Friday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1955 falls on Friday 1 April. Navamī runs from 15:23 on Thu 31 Mar to 14:07 on Fri 1 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:23 → 22:0711:3448 min11:330 min31 Mar
Chicago01:23 → 00:0711:3148 min11:310 min31 Mar
Jersey City02:23 → 01:0711:3748 min11:370 min31 Mar
Port of Spain03:23 → 02:0711:4748 min11:460 min31 Mar
London07:23 → 06:0711:4148 min11:410 min31 Mar
Durban09:23 → 08:0711:3648 min11:360 min31 Mar
Dubai11:23 → 10:0711:5948 min11:590 min31 Mar
Delhi12:53 → 11:3712:020 min12:010 min1 Apr
Kolkata12:53 → 11:3711:170 min11:1721 min1 Apr
Singapore14:53 → 13:3712:150 min12:1548 min1 Apr
Sydney17:23 → 16:0711:350 min11:3548 min1 Apr
Suva19:23 → 18:0711:470 min11:4648 min1 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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