Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2051

Wednesday 19 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 378 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 Tuesday 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

Midday of Wednesday 19 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 19:00 on Tue 18 Apr to 20:13 on Wed 19 Apr.

    2051-04-18T10:59:48Z → 2051-04-19T12:12:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 18th, 11:54–12:42 on the 19th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 22669 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2051: Wednesday 19 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2051 falls on Wednesday 19 April. Navamī runs from 19:00 on Tue 18 Apr to 20:13 on Wed 19 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2051/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:00 → 05:1312:2948 min12:280 min18 Apr
Chicago06:00 → 07:1312:2648 min12:260 min18 Apr
Jersey City07:00 → 08:1312:3248 min12:320 min18 Apr
Port of Spain07:00 → 08:1311:4248 min11:410 min18 Apr
London12:00 → 13:1312:3648 min12:3637 min18 Apr
Durban13:00 → 14:1311:310 min11:3148 min19 Apr
Dubai15:00 → 16:1311:540 min11:5448 min19 Apr
Delhi16:30 → 17:4311:570 min11:5748 min19 Apr
Kolkata16:30 → 17:4311:120 min11:1248 min19 Apr
Singapore19:00 → 20:1312:400 min12:4048 min19 Apr
Sydney21:00 → 22:1311:300 min11:3048 min19 Apr
Suva23:00 → 00:1311:420 min11:4248 min19 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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