Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1969

Thursday 27 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 553 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 26 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 27 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 22:01 on Wed 26 Mar to 00:18 on Fri 28 Mar.

    1969-03-26T14:00:50Z → 1969-03-27T16:17:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 33151 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1969: Thursday 27 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1969 falls on Thursday 27 March. Navamī runs from 22:01 on Wed 26 Mar to 00:18 on Fri 28 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1969/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 27 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 27 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:01 → 08:1811:3548 min11:350 min26 Mar
Chicago08:01 → 10:1811:3348 min11:320 min26 Mar
Jersey City09:01 → 11:1811:3848 min11:380 min26 Mar
Port of Spain10:01 → 12:1811:4848 min11:4830 min26 Mar
London15:01 → 17:1812:430 min12:4248 min27 Mar
Durban16:01 → 18:1811:370 min11:3748 min27 Mar
Dubai18:01 → 20:1812:010 min12:0048 min27 Mar
Delhi19:31 → 21:4812:030 min12:0348 min27 Mar
Kolkata19:31 → 21:4811:190 min11:1848 min27 Mar
Singapore21:31 → 23:4812:160 min12:1648 min27 Mar
Sydney00:01 → 02:1811:370 min11:3648 min27 Mar
Suva02:01 → 04:1811:480 min11:4848 min27 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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