Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2061

Tuesday 29 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 440 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 29 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 Wednesday 30 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 04:39 on Tue 29 Mar to 03:24 on Wed 30 Mar.

    2061-03-28T20:38:50Z → 2061-03-29T19:23:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 29th, 11:59–12:47 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 26426 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2061: Tuesday 29 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2061 falls on Tuesday 29 March. Navamī runs from 04:39 on Tue 29 Mar to 03:24 on Wed 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:39 → 12:2412:340 min12:340 min29 Mar
Chicago15:39 → 14:2412:320 min12:3248 min29 Mar
Jersey City16:39 → 15:2412:380 min12:3748 min29 Mar
Port of Spain16:39 → 15:2411:470 min11:4748 min29 Mar
London21:39 → 20:2412:420 min12:4248 min29 Mar
Durban22:39 → 21:2411:370 min11:3648 min29 Mar
Dubai00:39 → 23:2412:000 min12:0048 min29 Mar
Delhi02:09 → 00:5412:020 min12:0248 min29 Mar
Kolkata02:09 → 00:5411:180 min11:1748 min29 Mar
Singapore04:39 → 03:2412:460 min12:4548 min29 Mar
Sydney07:39 → 06:2412:360 min12:3648 min29 Mar
Suva08:39 → 07:2411:470 min11:4748 min29 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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