Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2042

Saturday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 182 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 Saturday 29 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 30 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 08:09 on Sat 29 Mar to 08:57 on Sun 30 Mar.

    2042-03-29T00:08:38Z → 2042-03-30T00:57:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 10909 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2042: Saturday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2042 falls on Saturday 29 March. Navamī runs from 08:09 on Sat 29 Mar to 08:57 on Sun 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2042/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 29 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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:09 → 17:5712:3448 min12:340 min29 Mar
Chicago19:09 → 19:5712:3248 min12:310 min29 Mar
Jersey City20:09 → 20:5712:3748 min12:370 min29 Mar
Port of Spain20:09 → 20:5711:4748 min11:470 min29 Mar
London00:09 → 00:5711:4248 min12:410 min29 Mar
Durban02:09 → 02:5711:3648 min11:360 min29 Mar
Dubai04:09 → 04:5712:0048 min11:590 min29 Mar
Delhi05:39 → 06:2712:0248 min12:020 min29 Mar
Kolkata05:39 → 06:2711:1848 min11:170 min29 Mar
Singapore08:09 → 08:5712:4548 min12:450 min29 Mar
Sydney11:09 → 11:5712:3648 min12:350 min29 Mar
Suva12:09 → 12:5711:4726 min11:4748 min30 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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