Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2009

Friday 3 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 146 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 Friday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 4 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 09:32 on Fri 3 Apr to 07:32 on Sat 4 Apr.

    2009-04-03T01:32:12Z → 2009-04-03T23:32:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 8736 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2009: Friday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2009 falls on Friday 3 April. Navamī runs from 09:32 on Fri 3 Apr to 07:32 on Sat 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2009/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 3 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:32 → 16:3212:3248 min12:320 min3 Apr
Chicago20:32 → 18:3212:3048 min12:300 min3 Apr
Jersey City21:32 → 19:3212:3648 min12:360 min3 Apr
Port of Spain21:32 → 19:3211:4548 min11:450 min3 Apr
London02:32 → 00:3212:4048 min12:400 min3 Apr
Durban03:32 → 01:3211:3548 min11:350 min3 Apr
Dubai05:32 → 03:3211:5848 min11:580 min3 Apr
Delhi07:02 → 05:0212:0148 min12:000 min3 Apr
Kolkata07:02 → 05:0211:1648 min11:160 min3 Apr
Singapore09:32 → 07:3212:4448 min12:440 min3 Apr
Sydney12:32 → 10:3212:3448 min12:340 min3 Apr
Suva13:32 → 11:3211:460 min11:450 min4 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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