Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2059

Monday 21 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 57 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 Sunday 20 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 Monday 21 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 13:38 on Sun 20 Apr to 15:54 on Mon 21 Apr.

    2059-04-20T05:38:19Z → 2059-04-21T07:54:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 20th, 11:53–12:41 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 3405 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2059: Monday 21 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2059 falls on Monday 21 April. Navamī runs from 13:38 on Sun 20 Apr to 15:54 on Mon 21 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2059/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 21 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 21 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:38 → 00:5412:2848 min12:280 min20 Apr
Chicago00:38 → 02:5412:2648 min12:260 min20 Apr
Jersey City01:38 → 03:5412:3248 min12:310 min20 Apr
Port of Spain01:38 → 03:5411:4148 min11:410 min20 Apr
London06:38 → 08:5412:3648 min12:360 min20 Apr
Durban07:38 → 09:5411:3148 min11:310 min20 Apr
Dubai09:38 → 11:5411:5448 min11:540 min20 Apr
Delhi11:08 → 13:2411:5648 min11:5648 min20 Apr
Kolkata11:08 → 13:2411:1248 min11:1248 min20 Apr
Singapore13:38 → 15:5412:400 min12:3948 min21 Apr
Sydney15:38 → 17:5411:300 min11:3048 min21 Apr
Suva17:38 → 19:5411:410 min11:4148 min21 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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