Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1966

Thursday 31 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 70 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 Wednesday 30 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 Thursday 31 March

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 15:56 on Wed 30 Mar to 13:57 on Thu 31 Mar.

    1966-03-30T07:56:29Z → 1966-03-31T05:57:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.

    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 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 4223 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1966: Thursday 31 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1966 falls on Thursday 31 March. Navamī runs from 15:56 on Wed 30 Mar to 13:57 on Thu 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1966/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:56 → 21:5711:3448 min11:330 min30 Mar
Chicago01:56 → 23:5711:3148 min11:310 min30 Mar
Jersey City02:56 → 00:5711:3748 min11:370 min30 Mar
Port of Spain03:56 → 01:5711:4748 min11:460 min30 Mar
London08:56 → 06:5712:4248 min12:410 min30 Mar
Durban09:56 → 07:5711:3648 min11:360 min30 Mar
Dubai11:56 → 09:5712:0048 min11:590 min30 Mar
Delhi13:26 → 11:2712:020 min12:020 min31 Mar
Kolkata13:26 → 11:2711:170 min11:1710 min31 Mar
Singapore15:26 → 13:2712:150 min12:1548 min31 Mar
Sydney17:56 → 15:5711:360 min11:3548 min31 Mar
Suva19:56 → 17:5711:470 min11:4748 min31 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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