Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2077

Thursday 1 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 401 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 Thursday 1 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 2 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 03:38 on Thu 1 Apr to 05:17 on Fri 2 Apr.

    2077-03-31T19:38:27Z → 2077-04-01T21:16:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 1st, 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd.

    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 1st and 0 of 48 on the 2nd.

    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 24088 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2077: Thursday 1 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2077 falls on Thursday 1 April. Navamī runs from 03:38 on Thu 1 Apr to 05:17 on Fri 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2077/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 1 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 1 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 1 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 31stCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:38 → 14:1712:3343 min12:3348 min1 Apr
Chicago14:38 → 16:1712:310 min12:3148 min1 Apr
Jersey City15:38 → 17:1712:370 min12:3648 min1 Apr
Port of Spain15:38 → 17:1711:460 min11:4648 min1 Apr
London20:38 → 22:1712:410 min12:4148 min1 Apr
Durban21:38 → 23:1711:360 min11:3648 min1 Apr
Dubai23:38 → 01:1711:590 min11:5948 min1 Apr
Delhi01:08 → 02:4712:020 min12:0148 min1 Apr
Kolkata01:08 → 02:4711:170 min11:1748 min1 Apr
Singapore03:38 → 05:1712:450 min12:4548 min1 Apr
Sydney06:38 → 08:1712:350 min12:3548 min1 Apr
Suva07:38 → 09:1711:460 min11:4648 min1 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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