Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1989

Friday 14 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 413 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 13 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 14 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 19:36 on Thu 13 Apr to 20:55 on Fri 14 Apr.

    1989-04-13T11:35:43Z → 1989-04-14T12:54:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 13th, 11:55–12:43 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 24758 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1989: Friday 14 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1989 falls on Friday 14 April. Navamī runs from 19:36 on Thu 13 Apr to 20:55 on Fri 14 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1989/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 14 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 14 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:36 → 05:5512:3048 min12:290 min13 Apr
Chicago06:36 → 07:5512:2748 min12:270 min13 Apr
Jersey City07:36 → 08:5512:3348 min12:330 min13 Apr
Port of Spain07:36 → 08:5511:4348 min11:420 min13 Apr
London12:36 → 13:5512:3848 min12:3748 min13 Apr
Durban13:36 → 14:5511:320 min11:3248 min14 Apr
Dubai15:36 → 16:5511:560 min11:5548 min14 Apr
Delhi17:06 → 18:2511:580 min11:5848 min14 Apr
Kolkata17:06 → 18:2511:130 min11:1348 min14 Apr
Singapore19:36 → 20:5512:410 min12:4148 min14 Apr
Sydney21:36 → 22:5511:320 min11:3148 min14 Apr
Suva23:36 → 00:5511:430 min11:4348 min14 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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