Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2050

Thursday 31 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 522 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 Thursday 31 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 Friday 1 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 01:10 on Thu 31 Mar to 03:16 on Fri 1 Apr.

    2050-03-30T17:10:11Z → 2050-03-31T19:16:21Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 31st, 11:58–12:46 on the 1st.

    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 31st and 0 of 48 on the 1st.

    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 31325 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2050: Thursday 31 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2050 falls on Thursday 31 March. Navamī runs from 01:10 on Thu 31 Mar to 03:16 on Fri 1 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2050/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 31 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 31 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 31 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:10 → 12:1612:3448 min12:330 min30 Mar
Chicago12:10 → 14:1612:3148 min12:3148 min30 Mar
Jersey City13:10 → 15:1612:3715 min12:3748 min31 Mar
Port of Spain13:10 → 15:1611:470 min11:4648 min31 Mar
London18:10 → 20:1612:410 min12:4148 min31 Mar
Durban19:10 → 21:1611:360 min11:3648 min31 Mar
Dubai21:10 → 23:1611:590 min11:5948 min31 Mar
Delhi22:40 → 00:4612:020 min12:0148 min31 Mar
Kolkata22:40 → 00:4611:170 min11:1748 min31 Mar
Singapore01:10 → 03:1612:450 min12:4548 min31 Mar
Sydney04:10 → 06:1612:350 min12:3548 min31 Mar
Suva05:10 → 07:1611:470 min11:4648 min31 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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