Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2062

Monday 17 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 292 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 17 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 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Navamī runs from 07:02 on Mon 17 Apr to 05:10 on Tue 18 Apr.

    2062-04-16T23:02:06Z → 2062-04-17T21:10:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 17th, 11:54–12:42 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 0 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 17524 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2062: Monday 17 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2062 falls on Monday 17 April. Navamī runs from 07:02 on Mon 17 Apr to 05:10 on Tue 18 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2062/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 17 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 17 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 17 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:02 → 14:1012:290 min12:2948 min17 Apr
Chicago18:02 → 16:1012:270 min12:2748 min17 Apr
Jersey City19:02 → 17:1012:320 min12:3248 min17 Apr
Port of Spain19:02 → 17:1011:420 min11:4248 min17 Apr
London00:02 → 22:1012:370 min12:3748 min17 Apr
Durban01:02 → 23:1011:320 min11:3148 min17 Apr
Dubai03:02 → 01:1011:550 min11:5548 min17 Apr
Delhi04:32 → 02:4011:570 min11:5748 min17 Apr
Kolkata04:32 → 02:4011:130 min11:1248 min17 Apr
Singapore07:02 → 05:1012:410 min12:4048 min17 Apr
Sydney09:02 → 07:1011:310 min11:3148 min17 Apr
Suva11:02 → 09:1011:420 min11:4248 min17 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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