Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1996

Thursday 28 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 595 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Wednesday 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

Midday of Thursday 28 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 22:43 on Wed 27 Mar to 01:10 on Fri 29 Mar.

    1996-03-27T14:43:21Z → 1996-03-28T17:10:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 27th, 12:00–12:48 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 35728 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1996: Thursday 28 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1996 falls on Thursday 28 March. Navamī runs from 22:43 on Wed 27 Mar to 01:10 on Fri 29 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 28 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 28 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:43 → 09:1011:3448 min11:340 min27 Mar
Chicago08:43 → 11:1011:3248 min11:320 min27 Mar
Jersey City09:43 → 12:1011:3848 min11:3832 min27 Mar
Port of Spain10:43 → 13:1011:4748 min11:4748 min27 Mar
London14:43 → 17:1011:420 min11:4248 min28 Mar
Durban16:43 → 19:1011:370 min11:3748 min28 Mar
Dubai18:43 → 21:1012:000 min12:0048 min28 Mar
Delhi20:13 → 22:4012:030 min12:0248 min28 Mar
Kolkata20:13 → 22:4011:180 min11:1848 min28 Mar
Singapore22:43 → 01:1012:460 min12:4648 min28 Mar
Sydney01:43 → 04:1012:360 min12:3648 min28 Mar
Suva02:43 → 05:1011:480 min11:4748 min28 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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