Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1991

Sunday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 617 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 23 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 24 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 01:02 on Sun 24 Mar to 23:06 on Sun 24 Mar.

    1991-03-23T17:02:14Z → 1991-03-24T15:05:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd, 12:01–12:49 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 37015 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1991: Sunday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1991 falls on Sunday 24 March. Navamī runs from 01:02 on Sun 24 Mar to 23:06 on Sun 24 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1991/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:02 → 07:0611:3648 min11:360 min23 Mar
Chicago11:02 → 09:0611:3448 min11:330 min23 Mar
Jersey City12:02 → 10:0611:3925 min11:390 min23 Mar
Port of Spain13:02 → 11:0611:490 min11:490 min24 Mar
London17:02 → 15:0611:440 min11:4348 min24 Mar
Durban19:02 → 17:0611:380 min11:3848 min24 Mar
Dubai21:02 → 19:0612:020 min12:0148 min24 Mar
Delhi22:32 → 20:3612:040 min12:0448 min24 Mar
Kolkata22:32 → 20:3611:200 min11:1948 min24 Mar
Singapore01:02 → 23:0612:470 min12:4748 min24 Mar
Sydney03:02 → 01:0611:380 min11:3748 min24 Mar
Suva05:02 → 03:0611:490 min11:4948 min24 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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