Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1992

Saturday 11 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 411 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 11 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

Midday of Sunday 12 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 05:05 on Sat 11 Apr to 02:53 on Sun 12 Apr.

    1992-04-10T21:04:56Z → 1992-04-11T18:52:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 11th, 11:55–12:43 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 24637 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1992: Saturday 11 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1992 falls on Saturday 11 April. Navamī runs from 05:05 on Sat 11 Apr to 02:53 on Sun 12 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:05 → 11:5312:300 min12:300 min11 Apr
Chicago16:05 → 13:5312:280 min12:2848 min11 Apr
Jersey City17:05 → 14:5312:340 min12:3448 min11 Apr
Port of Spain17:05 → 14:5311:430 min11:4348 min11 Apr
London22:05 → 19:5312:380 min12:3848 min11 Apr
Durban23:05 → 20:5311:330 min11:3348 min11 Apr
Dubai01:05 → 22:5311:560 min11:5648 min11 Apr
Delhi02:35 → 00:2311:590 min11:5848 min11 Apr
Kolkata02:35 → 00:2311:140 min11:1448 min11 Apr
Singapore05:05 → 02:5312:420 min12:4248 min11 Apr
Sydney07:05 → 04:5311:320 min11:3248 min11 Apr
Suva09:05 → 06:5311:440 min11:4348 min11 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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