Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2067

Friday 22 April

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

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 Friday 22 April

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 11:31:33
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 23 April

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

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 11:32 on Fri 22 Apr to 13:53 on Sat 23 Apr.

    2067-04-22T03:31:34Z → 2067-04-23T05:53:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2067: Friday 22 April.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2067 falls on Friday 22 April. Navamī runs from 11:32 on Fri 22 Apr to 13:53 on Sat 23 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2067/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 22 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 22 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:32 → 22:5312:2848 min12:280 min22 Apr
Chicago22:32 → 00:5312:2648 min12:250 min22 Apr
Jersey City23:32 → 01:5312:3148 min12:310 min22 Apr
Port of Spain23:32 → 01:5311:4148 min11:410 min22 Apr
London04:32 → 06:5312:3648 min12:360 min22 Apr
Durban05:32 → 07:5311:3048 min11:300 min22 Apr
Dubai07:32 → 09:5311:5448 min11:530 min22 Apr
Delhi09:02 → 11:2311:5648 min11:560 min22 Apr
Kolkata09:02 → 11:2311:1148 min11:1112 min22 Apr
Singapore11:32 → 13:5312:3948 min12:3948 min22 Apr
Sydney13:32 → 15:5311:300 min11:3048 min23 Apr
Suva15:32 → 17:5311:410 min11:4148 min23 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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