Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1976

Friday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 69 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 Thursday 8 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 9 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 14:51 on Thu 8 Apr to 13:53 on Fri 9 Apr.

    1976-04-08T06:50:58Z → 1976-04-09T05:53:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 4163 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1976: Friday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1976 falls on Friday 9 April. Navamī runs from 14:51 on Thu 8 Apr to 13:53 on Fri 9 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:51 → 21:5311:3148 min11:310 min8 Apr
Chicago00:51 → 23:5311:2948 min11:280 min8 Apr
Jersey City01:51 → 00:5311:3448 min11:340 min8 Apr
Port of Spain02:51 → 01:5311:4448 min11:440 min8 Apr
London07:51 → 06:5312:3948 min12:390 min8 Apr
Durban08:51 → 07:5311:3448 min11:330 min8 Apr
Dubai10:51 → 09:5311:5748 min11:570 min8 Apr
Delhi12:21 → 11:2311:5926 min11:590 min8 Apr
Kolkata12:21 → 11:2311:150 min11:149 min9 Apr
Singapore14:21 → 13:2312:120 min12:1248 min9 Apr
Sydney16:51 → 15:5311:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva18:51 → 17:5311:440 min11:4448 min9 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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