Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2043

Friday 17 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 367 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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 18 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 05:48 on Fri 17 Apr to 05:36 on Sat 18 Apr.

    2043-04-16T21:47:31Z → 2043-04-17T21:35:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 17th, 11:54–12:42 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 22001 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2043: Friday 17 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2043 falls on Friday 17 April. Navamī runs from 05:48 on Fri 17 Apr to 05:36 on Sat 18 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2043/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 17 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 17 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 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 Angeles14:48 → 14:3612:290 min12:2948 min17 Apr
Chicago16:48 → 16:3612:270 min12:2748 min17 Apr
Jersey City17:48 → 17:3612:330 min12:3248 min17 Apr
Port of Spain17:48 → 17:3611:420 min11:4248 min17 Apr
London22:48 → 22:3612:370 min12:3748 min17 Apr
Durban23:48 → 23:3611:320 min11:3148 min17 Apr
Dubai01:48 → 01:3611:550 min11:5548 min17 Apr
Delhi03:18 → 03:0611:570 min11:5748 min17 Apr
Kolkata03:18 → 03:0611:130 min11:1248 min17 Apr
Singapore05:48 → 05:3612:410 min12:4048 min17 Apr
Sydney07:48 → 07:3611:310 min11:3148 min17 Apr
Suva09:48 → 09:3611:420 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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