Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1997

Wednesday 16 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 77 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 Tuesday 15 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 Wednesday 16 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 13:59 on Tue 15 Apr to 16:18 on Wed 16 Apr.

    1997-04-15T05:59:09Z → 1997-04-16T08:17:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 15th, 11:54–12:42 on the 16th.

    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 15th and 48 of 48 on the 16th.

    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 4593 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1997: Wednesday 16 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1997 falls on Wednesday 16 April. Navamī runs from 13:59 on Tue 15 Apr to 16:18 on Wed 16 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 16 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 16 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:59 → 01:1812:2948 min12:290 min15 Apr
Chicago00:59 → 03:1812:2748 min12:270 min15 Apr
Jersey City01:59 → 04:1812:3348 min12:320 min15 Apr
Port of Spain01:59 → 04:1811:4248 min11:420 min15 Apr
London06:59 → 09:1812:3748 min12:370 min15 Apr
Durban07:59 → 10:1811:3248 min11:320 min15 Apr
Dubai09:59 → 12:1811:5548 min11:5523 min15 Apr
Delhi11:29 → 13:4811:5748 min11:5748 min15 Apr
Kolkata11:29 → 13:4811:1332 min11:1348 min16 Apr
Singapore13:59 → 16:1812:410 min12:4048 min16 Apr
Sydney15:59 → 18:1811:310 min11:3148 min16 Apr
Suva17:59 → 20:1811:420 min11:4248 min16 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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