Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2022

Sunday 10 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 370 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 Sunday 10 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 11 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 03:54 on Sun 10 Apr to 05:46 on Mon 11 Apr.

    2022-04-09T19:54:25Z → 2022-04-10T21:46:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 10th, 11:56–12:44 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 22170 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2022: Sunday 10 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2022 falls on Sunday 10 April. Navamī runs from 03:54 on Sun 10 Apr to 05:46 on Mon 11 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 10 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 10 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:54 → 14:4612:3124 min12:3048 min10 Apr
Chicago14:54 → 16:4612:280 min12:2848 min10 Apr
Jersey City15:54 → 17:4612:340 min12:3448 min10 Apr
Port of Spain15:54 → 17:4611:440 min11:4348 min10 Apr
London20:54 → 22:4612:390 min12:3848 min10 Apr
Durban21:54 → 23:4611:330 min11:3348 min10 Apr
Dubai23:54 → 01:4611:570 min11:5648 min10 Apr
Delhi01:24 → 03:1611:590 min11:5948 min10 Apr
Kolkata01:24 → 03:1611:140 min11:1448 min10 Apr
Singapore03:54 → 05:4612:420 min12:4248 min10 Apr
Sydney05:54 → 07:4611:330 min11:3248 min10 Apr
Suva07:54 → 09:4611:440 min11:4448 min10 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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