Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1984

Tuesday 10 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 566 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 9 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 Tuesday 10 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 00:06 on Tue 10 Apr to 22:09 on Tue 10 Apr.

    1984-04-09T16:06:19Z → 1984-04-10T14:09:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 9th, 11:56–12:44 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 48 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 33935 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1984: Tuesday 10 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1984 falls on Tuesday 10 April. Navamī runs from 00:06 on Tue 10 Apr to 22:09 on Tue 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1984/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:06 → 06:0911:3148 min11:300 min9 Apr
Chicago10:06 → 08:0911:2848 min11:280 min9 Apr
Jersey City11:06 → 09:0911:3448 min11:340 min9 Apr
Port of Spain12:06 → 10:0911:4425 min11:430 min9 Apr
London17:06 → 15:0912:390 min12:3848 min10 Apr
Durban18:06 → 16:0911:330 min11:3348 min10 Apr
Dubai20:06 → 18:0911:570 min11:5648 min10 Apr
Delhi21:36 → 19:3911:590 min11:5948 min10 Apr
Kolkata21:36 → 19:3911:140 min11:1448 min10 Apr
Singapore00:06 → 22:0912:420 min12:4248 min10 Apr
Sydney02:06 → 00:0911:330 min11:3248 min10 Apr
Suva04:06 → 02:0911:440 min11:4448 min10 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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