Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2073

Sunday 16 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 346 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 16 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 Monday 17 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 06:08 on Sun 16 Apr to 04:41 on Mon 17 Apr.

    2073-04-15T22:08:06Z → 2073-04-16T20:41:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 16th, 11:54–12:42 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 20777 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2073: Sunday 16 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2073 falls on Sunday 16 April. Navamī runs from 06:08 on Sun 16 Apr to 04:41 on Mon 17 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2073/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 16 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 16 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:08 → 13:4112:290 min12:2948 min16 Apr
Chicago17:08 → 15:4112:270 min12:2748 min16 Apr
Jersey City18:08 → 16:4112:330 min12:3248 min16 Apr
Port of Spain18:08 → 16:4111:420 min11:4248 min16 Apr
London23:08 → 21:4112:370 min12:3748 min16 Apr
Durban00:08 → 22:4111:320 min11:3248 min16 Apr
Dubai02:08 → 00:4111:550 min11:5548 min16 Apr
Delhi03:38 → 02:1111:570 min11:5748 min16 Apr
Kolkata03:38 → 02:1111:130 min11:1348 min16 Apr
Singapore06:08 → 04:4112:410 min12:4148 min16 Apr
Sydney08:08 → 06:4111:310 min11:3148 min16 Apr
Suva10:08 → 08:4111:420 min11:4248 min16 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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