Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2048

Wednesday 22 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 274 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 22 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 06:40 on Wed 22 Apr to 07:19 on Thu 23 Apr.

    2048-04-21T22:39:54Z → 2048-04-22T23:18:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 16429 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2048: Wednesday 22 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2048 falls on Wednesday 22 April. Navamī runs from 06:40 on Wed 22 Apr to 07:19 on Thu 23 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2048/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:40 → 16:1912:280 min12:2848 min22 Apr
Chicago17:40 → 18:1912:260 min12:2548 min22 Apr
Jersey City18:40 → 19:1912:310 min12:3148 min22 Apr
Port of Spain18:40 → 19:1911:410 min11:4148 min22 Apr
London23:40 → 00:1912:360 min12:3648 min22 Apr
Durban00:40 → 01:1911:300 min11:3048 min22 Apr
Dubai02:40 → 03:1911:540 min11:5348 min22 Apr
Delhi04:10 → 04:4911:560 min11:5648 min22 Apr
Kolkata04:10 → 04:4911:110 min11:1148 min22 Apr
Singapore06:40 → 07:1912:390 min12:3948 min22 Apr
Sydney08:40 → 09:1911:300 min11:2948 min22 Apr
Suva10:40 → 11:1911:410 min11:4148 min22 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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