Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2036

Saturday 5 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 246 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 4 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

Midday of Saturday 5 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

Navamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 19:01 on Fri 4 Apr to 16:51 on Sat 5 Apr.

    2036-04-04T11:00:46Z → 2036-04-05T08:50:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 4th, 11:57–12:45 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 14736 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2036: Saturday 5 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2036 falls on Saturday 5 April. Navamī runs from 19:01 on Fri 4 Apr to 16:51 on Sat 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2036/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 5 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 5 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:01 → 01:5112:3248 min12:320 min4 Apr
Chicago06:01 → 03:5112:3048 min12:290 min4 Apr
Jersey City07:01 → 04:5112:3548 min12:350 min4 Apr
Port of Spain07:01 → 04:5111:4548 min11:450 min4 Apr
London12:01 → 09:5112:4048 min12:400 min4 Apr
Durban13:01 → 10:5111:350 min11:340 min5 Apr
Dubai15:01 → 12:5111:580 min11:5848 min5 Apr
Delhi16:31 → 14:2112:000 min12:0048 min5 Apr
Kolkata16:31 → 14:2111:160 min11:1548 min5 Apr
Singapore19:01 → 16:5112:440 min12:4348 min5 Apr
Sydney22:01 → 19:5112:340 min12:3448 min5 Apr
Suva23:01 → 20:5111:450 min11:4548 min5 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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