Midday of Sunday 17 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:54 12:42 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:49:55
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2005
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 17 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 18 April
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 11:50 on Sun 17 Apr to 14:10 on Mon 18 Apr.
2005-04-17T03:49:55Z → 2005-04-18T06:09:50Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 17th, 11:54–12:42 on the 18th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 251 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2005: Sunday 17 April.
confidence: boundary (margin, tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2005 falls on Sunday 17 April. Navamī runs from 11:50 on Sun 17 Apr to 14:10 on Mon 18 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested. It is 4 min 11 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 17 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 17 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 18 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rama-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 17th | Covered | Madhyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:50 → 23:10 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Chicago | 22:50 → 01:10 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Jersey City | 23:50 → 02:10 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 23:50 → 02:10 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| London | 04:50 → 07:10 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Durban | 05:50 → 08:10 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Dubai | 07:50 → 10:10 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Delhi | 09:20 → 11:40 | 11:57 | 48 min | 11:57 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Kolkata | 09:20 → 11:40 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 28 min | 17 Apr |
| Singapore | 11:50 → 14:10 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 48 min | 17 Apr |
| Sydney | 13:50 → 16:10 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 18 Apr |
| Suva | 15:50 → 18:10 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 18 Apr |