Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1983

Thursday 21 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 480 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 21 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 22 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 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 03:54 on Thu 21 Apr to 01:42 on Fri 22 Apr.

    1983-04-20T19:53:31Z → 1983-04-21T17:41:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 21st, 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 28790 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1983: Thursday 21 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1983 falls on Thursday 21 April. Navamī runs from 03:54 on Thu 21 Apr to 01:42 on Fri 22 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1983/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 21 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 21 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:54 → 09:4211:2823 min11:280 min20 Apr
Chicago13:54 → 11:4211:260 min11:2616 min21 Apr
Jersey City14:54 → 12:4211:320 min11:3148 min21 Apr
Port of Spain15:54 → 13:4211:410 min11:4148 min21 Apr
London20:54 → 18:4212:360 min12:3648 min21 Apr
Durban21:54 → 19:4211:310 min11:3148 min21 Apr
Dubai23:54 → 21:4211:540 min11:5448 min21 Apr
Delhi01:24 → 23:1211:560 min11:5648 min21 Apr
Kolkata01:24 → 23:1211:120 min11:1248 min21 Apr
Singapore03:54 → 01:4212:400 min12:3948 min21 Apr
Sydney05:54 → 03:4211:300 min11:3048 min21 Apr
Suva07:54 → 05:4211:410 min11:4148 min21 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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