Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2024

Wednesday 17 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 192 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 Tuesday 16 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 17 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 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 15:55 on Tue 16 Apr to 17:45 on Wed 17 Apr.

    2024-04-16T07:54:33Z → 2024-04-17T09:44:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 16th, 11:54–12:42 on the 17th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 11539 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2024: Wednesday 17 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2024 falls on Wednesday 17 April. Navamī runs from 15:55 on Tue 16 Apr to 17:45 on Wed 17 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2024/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 17 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 17 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:55 → 02:4512:2948 min12:290 min16 Apr
Chicago02:55 → 04:4512:2748 min12:260 min16 Apr
Jersey City03:55 → 05:4512:3248 min12:320 min16 Apr
Port of Spain03:55 → 05:4511:4248 min11:420 min16 Apr
London08:55 → 10:4512:3748 min12:370 min16 Apr
Durban09:55 → 11:4511:3148 min11:3113 min16 Apr
Dubai11:55 → 13:4511:5548 min11:5448 min16 Apr
Delhi13:25 → 15:1511:570 min11:5748 min17 Apr
Kolkata13:25 → 15:1511:120 min11:1248 min17 Apr
Singapore15:55 → 17:4512:400 min12:4048 min17 Apr
Sydney17:55 → 19:4511:310 min11:3048 min17 Apr
Suva19:55 → 21:4511:420 min11:4248 min17 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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