Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1970

Wednesday 15 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 13 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 14 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:55:38
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 15 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 12:56 on Tue 14 Apr to 15:29 on Wed 15 Apr.

    1970-04-14T04:55:39Z → 1970-04-15T07:29:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 14th, 11:55–12:43 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 763 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1970: Wednesday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1970 falls on Wednesday 15 April. Navamī runs from 12:56 on Tue 14 Apr to 15:29 on Wed 15 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1970/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:56 → 23:2911:3048 min11:290 min14 Apr
Chicago22:56 → 01:2911:2748 min11:270 min14 Apr
Jersey City23:56 → 02:2911:3348 min11:330 min14 Apr
Port of Spain00:56 → 03:2911:4248 min11:420 min14 Apr
London05:56 → 08:2912:3748 min12:370 min14 Apr
Durban06:56 → 09:2911:3248 min11:320 min14 Apr
Dubai08:56 → 11:2911:5548 min11:550 min14 Apr
Delhi10:26 → 12:5911:5848 min11:5748 min14 Apr
Kolkata10:26 → 12:5911:1348 min11:1348 min14 Apr
Singapore12:26 → 14:5912:1133 min12:1148 min15 Apr
Sydney14:56 → 17:2911:310 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva16:56 → 19:2911:430 min11:4248 min15 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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