Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2004

Tuesday 30 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 486 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 Monday 29 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 30 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 20:53 on Mon 29 Mar to 22:41 on Tue 30 Mar.

    2004-03-29T12:53:17Z → 2004-03-30T14:40:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 29162 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2004: Tuesday 30 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2004 falls on Tuesday 30 March. Navamī runs from 20:53 on Mon 29 Mar to 22:41 on Tue 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2004/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 30 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 30 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 30 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:53 → 06:4111:3448 min11:340 min29 Mar
Chicago06:53 → 08:4111:3248 min11:310 min29 Mar
Jersey City07:53 → 09:4111:3748 min11:370 min29 Mar
Port of Spain08:53 → 10:4111:4748 min11:460 min29 Mar
London13:53 → 15:4112:420 min12:4148 min30 Mar
Durban14:53 → 16:4111:360 min11:3648 min30 Mar
Dubai16:53 → 18:4112:000 min11:5948 min30 Mar
Delhi18:23 → 20:1112:020 min12:0248 min30 Mar
Kolkata18:23 → 20:1111:170 min11:1748 min30 Mar
Singapore20:53 → 22:4112:450 min12:4548 min30 Mar
Sydney22:53 → 00:4111:360 min11:3548 min30 Mar
Suva00:53 → 02:4111:470 min11:4748 min30 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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