Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2054

Thursday 16 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 513 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 16 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 Friday 17 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 03:21 on Thu 16 Apr to 01:10 on Fri 17 Apr.

    2054-04-15T19:21:22Z → 2054-04-16T17:09:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 16th, 11:54–12:42 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 30781 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2054: Thursday 16 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2054 falls on Thursday 16 April. Navamī runs from 03:21 on Thu 16 Apr to 01:10 on Fri 17 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2054/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:21 → 10:1012:2948 min12:290 min15 Apr
Chicago14:21 → 12:1012:270 min12:270 min16 Apr
Jersey City15:21 → 13:1012:330 min12:3237 min16 Apr
Port of Spain15:21 → 13:1011:420 min11:4248 min16 Apr
London20:21 → 18:1012:370 min12:3748 min16 Apr
Durban21:21 → 19:1011:320 min11:3248 min16 Apr
Dubai23:21 → 21:1011:550 min11:5548 min16 Apr
Delhi00:51 → 22:4011:570 min11:5748 min16 Apr
Kolkata00:51 → 22:4011:130 min11:1348 min16 Apr
Singapore03:21 → 01:1012:410 min12:4148 min16 Apr
Sydney05:21 → 03:1011:310 min11:3148 min16 Apr
Suva07:21 → 05:1011:420 min11:4248 min16 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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