Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2010

Wednesday 24 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 347 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 24 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 Thursday 25 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 06:14 on Wed 24 Mar to 04:19 on Thu 25 Mar.

    2010-03-23T22:13:45Z → 2010-03-24T20:19:13Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 24th, 12:01–12:49 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 20827 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2010: Wednesday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2010 falls on Wednesday 24 March. Navamī runs from 06:14 on Wed 24 Mar to 04:19 on Thu 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2010/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:14 → 13:1912:360 min12:3544 min24 Mar
Chicago17:14 → 15:1912:330 min12:3348 min24 Mar
Jersey City18:14 → 16:1912:390 min12:3948 min24 Mar
Port of Spain18:14 → 16:1911:490 min11:4848 min24 Mar
London22:14 → 20:1911:440 min11:4348 min24 Mar
Durban00:14 → 22:1911:380 min11:3848 min24 Mar
Dubai02:14 → 00:1912:020 min12:0148 min24 Mar
Delhi03:44 → 01:4912:040 min12:0448 min24 Mar
Kolkata03:44 → 01:4911:190 min11:1948 min24 Mar
Singapore06:14 → 04:1912:470 min12:4748 min24 Mar
Sydney09:14 → 07:1912:380 min12:3748 min24 Mar
Suva11:14 → 09:1912:490 min12:4948 min24 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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