Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1960

Tuesday 5 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 347 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 Tuesday 5 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 6 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 04:12 on Tue 5 Apr to 06:10 on Wed 6 Apr.

    1960-04-04T20:12:07Z → 1960-04-05T22:10:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 5th, 11:57–12:45 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 20814 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1960: Tuesday 5 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1960 falls on Tuesday 5 April. Navamī runs from 04:12 on Tue 5 Apr to 06:10 on Wed 6 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 5 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 5 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:12 → 14:1011:328 min11:3248 min5 Apr
Chicago14:12 → 16:1011:300 min11:3048 min5 Apr
Jersey City15:12 → 17:1011:360 min11:3548 min5 Apr
Port of Spain16:12 → 18:1011:450 min11:4548 min5 Apr
London20:12 → 22:1011:400 min11:4048 min5 Apr
Durban22:12 → 00:1011:350 min11:3448 min5 Apr
Dubai00:12 → 02:1011:580 min11:5848 min5 Apr
Delhi01:42 → 03:4012:000 min12:0048 min5 Apr
Kolkata01:42 → 03:4011:160 min11:1648 min5 Apr
Singapore03:42 → 05:4012:140 min12:1348 min5 Apr
Sydney06:12 → 08:1011:340 min11:3448 min5 Apr
Suva08:12 → 10:1011:450 min11:4548 min5 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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