Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1962

Friday 13 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 232 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 12 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 13 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 16:35 on Thu 12 Apr to 18:33 on Fri 13 Apr.

    1962-04-12T08:34:58Z → 1962-04-13T10:32:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 12th, 11:55–12:43 on the 13th.

    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 12th and 48 of 48 on the 13th.

    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 13890 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1962: Friday 13 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1962 falls on Friday 13 April. Navamī runs from 16:35 on Thu 12 Apr to 18:33 on Fri 13 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 13 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 13 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:35 → 02:3311:3048 min11:300 min12 Apr
Chicago02:35 → 04:3311:2848 min11:280 min12 Apr
Jersey City03:35 → 05:3311:3448 min11:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain04:35 → 06:3311:4348 min11:430 min12 Apr
London09:35 → 11:3312:3848 min12:380 min12 Apr
Durban10:35 → 12:3311:3348 min11:3248 min12 Apr
Dubai12:35 → 14:3311:569 min11:5648 min13 Apr
Delhi14:05 → 16:0311:580 min11:5848 min13 Apr
Kolkata14:05 → 16:0311:140 min11:1348 min13 Apr
Singapore16:05 → 18:0312:120 min12:1148 min13 Apr
Sydney18:35 → 20:3311:320 min11:3248 min13 Apr
Suva20:35 → 22:3311:430 min11:4348 min13 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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