Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2006

Thursday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 75 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 6 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 7 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 08:46 on Thu 6 Apr to 10:42 on Fri 7 Apr.

    2006-04-06T00:45:45Z → 2006-04-07T02:42:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 6th, 11:57–12:45 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 4480 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2006: Thursday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2006 falls on Thursday 6 April. Navamī runs from 08:46 on Thu 6 Apr to 10:42 on Fri 7 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:46 → 19:4212:3248 min12:310 min6 Apr
Chicago19:46 → 21:4212:2948 min12:290 min6 Apr
Jersey City20:46 → 22:4212:3548 min12:350 min6 Apr
Port of Spain20:46 → 22:4211:4548 min11:440 min6 Apr
London01:46 → 03:4212:3948 min12:390 min6 Apr
Durban02:46 → 04:4211:3448 min11:340 min6 Apr
Dubai04:46 → 06:4211:5748 min11:570 min6 Apr
Delhi06:16 → 08:1212:0048 min12:000 min6 Apr
Kolkata06:16 → 08:1211:1548 min11:150 min6 Apr
Singapore08:46 → 10:4212:4348 min12:430 min6 Apr
Sydney10:46 → 12:4211:3348 min11:3348 min6 Apr
Suva12:46 → 14:4211:450 min11:4448 min7 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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