Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2041

Tuesday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 175 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 Tuesday 9 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 Wednesday 10 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 06:42 on Tue 9 Apr to 09:01 on Wed 10 Apr.

    2041-04-08T22:41:37Z → 2041-04-10T01:01:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 9th, 11:56–12:44 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 10470 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2041: Tuesday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2041 falls on Tuesday 9 April. Navamī runs from 06:42 on Tue 9 Apr to 09:01 on Wed 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2041/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:42 → 18:0112:310 min12:300 min9 Apr
Chicago17:42 → 20:0112:290 min12:280 min9 Apr
Jersey City18:42 → 21:0112:340 min12:340 min9 Apr
Port of Spain18:42 → 21:0111:440 min11:430 min9 Apr
London23:42 → 02:0112:390 min12:380 min9 Apr
Durban00:42 → 03:0111:330 min11:330 min9 Apr
Dubai02:42 → 05:0111:570 min11:560 min9 Apr
Delhi04:12 → 06:3111:590 min11:590 min9 Apr
Kolkata04:12 → 06:3111:150 min11:140 min9 Apr
Singapore06:42 → 09:0112:420 min12:420 min9 Apr
Sydney08:42 → 11:0111:330 min11:320 min9 Apr
Suva10:42 → 13:0111:440 min11:4448 min9 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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