Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1975

Sunday 20 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 529 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 Saturday 19 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 20 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 23:44 on Sat 19 Apr to 21:31 on Sun 20 Apr.

    1975-04-19T15:44:26Z → 1975-04-20T13:30:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 19th, 11:54–12:42 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 48 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 31759 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1975: Sunday 20 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1975 falls on Sunday 20 April. Navamī runs from 23:44 on Sat 19 Apr to 21:31 on Sun 20 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1975/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:44 → 06:3112:2848 min12:280 min19 Apr
Chicago10:44 → 08:3112:2648 min12:260 min19 Apr
Jersey City11:44 → 09:3112:3248 min12:320 min19 Apr
Port of Spain11:44 → 09:3111:4145 min11:410 min19 Apr
London16:44 → 14:3112:360 min12:3648 min20 Apr
Durban17:44 → 15:3111:310 min11:3148 min20 Apr
Dubai19:44 → 17:3111:540 min11:5448 min20 Apr
Delhi21:14 → 19:0111:570 min11:5648 min20 Apr
Kolkata21:14 → 19:0111:120 min11:1248 min20 Apr
Singapore23:14 → 21:0112:100 min12:1048 min20 Apr
Sydney01:44 → 23:3111:300 min11:3048 min20 Apr
Suva03:44 → 01:3111:420 min11:4148 min20 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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