Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2068

Tuesday 10 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 92 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 10 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 11 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 08:23 on Tue 10 Apr to 10:24 on Wed 11 Apr.

    2068-04-10T00:22:57Z → 2068-04-11T02:23:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 10th, 11:56–12:44 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 5517 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2068: Tuesday 10 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2068 falls on Tuesday 10 April. Navamī runs from 08:23 on Tue 10 Apr to 10:24 on Wed 11 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 10 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 10 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 10 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:23 → 19:2412:3048 min12:300 min10 Apr
Chicago19:23 → 21:2412:2848 min12:280 min10 Apr
Jersey City20:23 → 22:2412:3448 min12:340 min10 Apr
Port of Spain20:23 → 22:2411:4348 min11:430 min10 Apr
London01:23 → 03:2412:3848 min12:380 min10 Apr
Durban02:23 → 04:2411:3348 min11:330 min10 Apr
Dubai04:23 → 06:2411:5648 min11:560 min10 Apr
Delhi05:53 → 07:5411:5948 min11:580 min10 Apr
Kolkata05:53 → 07:5411:1448 min11:140 min10 Apr
Singapore08:23 → 10:2412:4248 min12:420 min10 Apr
Sydney10:23 → 12:2411:3248 min11:3248 min10 Apr
Suva12:23 → 14:2411:449 min11:4348 min11 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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