Midday of Saturday 30 March
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:59 12:47 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:19:45
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35
27 of 48 minutes covered, the last 27
Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1985
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 06 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 30 March
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
27 of 48 minutes covered, the last 27
Midday of Sunday 31 March
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:20 on Sat 30 Mar to 11:59 on Sun 31 Mar.
1985-03-30T04:19:45Z → 1985-03-31T03:58:41Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 30th, 11:59–12:47 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 27 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 6 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1985: Saturday 30 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1985 falls on Saturday 30 March. Navamī runs from 12:20 on Sat 30 Mar to 11:59 on Sun 31 Mar and covers 27 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 06 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 30 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 30 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 30 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rama-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:20 → 19:59 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:20 → 21:59 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:20 → 22:59 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:20 → 23:59 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| London | 04:20 → 04:59 | 11:42 | 48 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Durban | 06:20 → 05:59 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:20 → 07:59 | 12:00 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:50 → 09:29 | 12:02 | 48 min | 12:02 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:50 → 09:29 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:20 → 11:59 | 12:45 | 48 min | 12:45 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Sydney | 14:20 → 13:59 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 31 Mar |
| Suva | 16:20 → 15:59 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 31 Mar |