Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2056

Saturday 25 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 232 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 25 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 26 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 07:46 on Sat 25 Mar to 08:09 on Sun 26 Mar.

    2056-03-24T23:46:26Z → 2056-03-26T00:08:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 25th, 12:00–12:48 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 13890 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2056: Saturday 25 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2056 falls on Saturday 25 March. Navamī runs from 07:46 on Sat 25 Mar to 08:09 on Sun 26 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:46 → 17:0912:350 min12:350 min25 Mar
Chicago18:46 → 19:0912:330 min12:320 min25 Mar
Jersey City19:46 → 20:0912:390 min12:380 min25 Mar
Port of Spain19:46 → 20:0911:480 min11:480 min25 Mar
London23:46 → 00:0911:430 min12:430 min25 Mar
Durban01:46 → 02:0911:380 min11:370 min25 Mar
Dubai03:46 → 04:0912:010 min12:010 min25 Mar
Delhi05:16 → 05:3912:030 min12:030 min25 Mar
Kolkata05:16 → 05:3911:190 min11:180 min25 Mar
Singapore07:46 → 08:0912:470 min12:460 min25 Mar
Sydney10:46 → 11:0912:370 min12:370 min25 Mar
Suva11:46 → 12:0911:480 min11:4821 min25 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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