Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 1999

Thursday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 389 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 25 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

Midday of Friday 26 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 05:32 on Thu 25 Mar to 04:21 on Fri 26 Mar.

    1999-03-24T21:31:31Z → 1999-03-25T20:21:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 23349 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 1999: Thursday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 1999 falls on Thursday 25 March. Navamī runs from 05:32 on Thu 25 Mar to 04:21 on Fri 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1999/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:32 → 12:2111:360 min11:3546 min25 Mar
Chicago15:32 → 14:2111:330 min11:3348 min25 Mar
Jersey City16:32 → 15:2111:390 min11:3948 min25 Mar
Port of Spain17:32 → 16:2111:480 min11:4848 min25 Mar
London21:32 → 20:2111:430 min11:4348 min25 Mar
Durban23:32 → 22:2111:380 min11:3848 min25 Mar
Dubai01:32 → 00:2112:010 min12:0148 min25 Mar
Delhi03:02 → 01:5112:040 min12:0348 min25 Mar
Kolkata03:02 → 01:5111:190 min11:1948 min25 Mar
Singapore05:32 → 04:2112:470 min12:4748 min25 Mar
Sydney08:32 → 07:2112:370 min12:3748 min25 Mar
Suva09:32 → 08:2111:490 min11:4848 min25 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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