Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2074

Friday 6 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 147 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 Thursday 5 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 6 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 15:13 on Thu 5 Apr to 15:41 on Fri 6 Apr.

    2074-04-05T07:12:40Z → 2074-04-06T07:41:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 5th, 11:57–12:45 on the 6th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 8840 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2074: Friday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2074 falls on Friday 6 April. Navamī runs from 15:13 on Thu 5 Apr to 15:41 on Fri 6 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:13 → 00:4112:3248 min12:320 min5 Apr
Chicago02:13 → 02:4112:3048 min12:290 min5 Apr
Jersey City03:13 → 03:4112:3548 min12:350 min5 Apr
Port of Spain03:13 → 03:4111:4548 min11:450 min5 Apr
London08:13 → 08:4112:4048 min12:400 min5 Apr
Durban09:13 → 09:4111:3448 min11:340 min5 Apr
Dubai11:13 → 11:4111:5848 min11:570 min5 Apr
Delhi12:43 → 13:1112:005 min12:0048 min6 Apr
Kolkata12:43 → 13:1111:160 min11:1548 min6 Apr
Singapore15:13 → 15:4112:430 min12:4348 min6 Apr
Sydney17:13 → 17:4111:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Suva19:13 → 19:4111:450 min11:4548 min6 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

About Ahargaṇa