Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1988

Saturday 26 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 508 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 Saturday 26 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 27 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

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 01:30 on Sat 26 Mar to 03:32 on Sun 27 Mar.

    1988-03-25T17:30:06Z → 1988-03-26T19:32:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 26th, 12:00–12:48 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 30454 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1988: Saturday 26 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1988 falls on Saturday 26 March. Navamī runs from 01:30 on Sat 26 Mar to 03:32 on Sun 27 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1988/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:30 → 11:3211:3548 min11:350 min25 Mar
Chicago11:30 → 13:3211:3348 min11:3348 min25 Mar
Jersey City12:30 → 14:3211:390 min11:3848 min26 Mar
Port of Spain13:30 → 15:3211:480 min11:4848 min26 Mar
London17:30 → 19:3211:430 min11:4348 min26 Mar
Durban19:30 → 21:3211:380 min11:3748 min26 Mar
Dubai21:30 → 23:3212:010 min12:0148 min26 Mar
Delhi23:00 → 01:0212:030 min12:0348 min26 Mar
Kolkata23:00 → 01:0211:190 min11:1848 min26 Mar
Singapore01:30 → 03:3212:470 min12:4648 min26 Mar
Sydney03:30 → 05:3211:370 min11:3748 min26 Mar
Suva05:30 → 07:3211:480 min11:4848 min26 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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