Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1972

Thursday 23 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 501 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 22 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 21:42 on Wed 22 Mar to 21:10 on Thu 23 Mar.

    1972-03-22T13:41:43Z → 1972-03-23T13:10:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 22nd, 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 30059 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1972: Thursday 23 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1972 falls on Thursday 23 March. Navamī runs from 21:42 on Wed 22 Mar to 21:10 on Thu 23 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:42 → 05:1011:3648 min11:360 min22 Mar
Chicago07:42 → 07:1011:3448 min11:330 min22 Mar
Jersey City08:42 → 08:1011:3948 min11:390 min22 Mar
Port of Spain09:42 → 09:1011:4948 min11:490 min22 Mar
London14:42 → 14:1012:440 min12:4448 min23 Mar
Durban15:42 → 15:1011:390 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Dubai17:42 → 17:1012:020 min12:0248 min23 Mar
Delhi19:12 → 18:4012:040 min12:0448 min23 Mar
Kolkata19:12 → 18:4011:200 min11:1948 min23 Mar
Singapore21:12 → 20:4012:180 min12:1748 min23 Mar
Sydney23:42 → 23:1011:380 min11:3848 min23 Mar
Suva01:42 → 01:1011:490 min11:4948 min23 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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