Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1956

Thursday 19 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 223 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 18 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 19 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 18:25 on Wed 18 Apr to 16:24 on Thu 19 Apr.

    1956-04-18T10:24:53Z → 1956-04-19T08:24:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 18th, 11:54–12:42 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 13352 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1956: Thursday 19 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1956 falls on Thursday 19 April. Navamī runs from 18:25 on Wed 18 Apr to 16:24 on Thu 19 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:25 → 00:2411:2948 min11:280 min18 Apr
Chicago04:25 → 02:2411:2648 min11:260 min18 Apr
Jersey City05:25 → 03:2411:3248 min11:320 min18 Apr
Port of Spain06:25 → 04:2411:4148 min11:410 min18 Apr
London10:25 → 08:2411:3648 min11:360 min18 Apr
Durban12:25 → 10:2411:310 min11:310 min19 Apr
Dubai14:25 → 12:2411:540 min11:5430 min19 Apr
Delhi15:55 → 13:5411:570 min11:5648 min19 Apr
Kolkata15:55 → 13:5411:120 min11:1248 min19 Apr
Singapore17:55 → 15:5412:100 min12:1048 min19 Apr
Sydney20:25 → 18:2411:300 min11:3048 min19 Apr
Suva22:25 → 20:2411:420 min11:4148 min19 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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