Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1977

Tuesday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 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 Monday 28 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 Tuesday 29 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 19:16 on Mon 28 Mar to 20:25 on Tue 29 Mar.

    1977-03-28T11:16:13Z → 1977-03-29T12:24:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 28th, 11:59–12:47 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 48 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 23313 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1977: Tuesday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1977 falls on Tuesday 29 March. Navamī runs from 19:16 on Mon 28 Mar to 20:25 on Tue 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:16 → 04:2511:3448 min11:340 min28 Mar
Chicago05:16 → 06:2511:3248 min11:320 min28 Mar
Jersey City06:16 → 07:2511:3848 min11:370 min28 Mar
Port of Spain07:16 → 08:2511:4748 min11:470 min28 Mar
London12:16 → 13:2512:4248 min12:4243 min28 Mar
Durban13:16 → 14:2511:370 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Dubai15:16 → 16:2512:000 min12:0048 min29 Mar
Delhi16:46 → 17:5512:020 min12:0248 min29 Mar
Kolkata16:46 → 17:5511:180 min11:1848 min29 Mar
Singapore18:46 → 19:5512:160 min12:1548 min29 Mar
Sydney21:16 → 22:2511:360 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Suva23:16 → 00:2511:470 min11:4748 min29 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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