Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2086

Monday 22 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 166 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Sunday 21 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

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 15:27 on Sun 21 Apr to 17:22 on Mon 22 Apr.

    2086-04-21T07:27:10Z → 2086-04-22T09:21:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 21st, 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 9943 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2086: Monday 22 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2086 falls on Monday 22 April. Navamī runs from 15:27 on Sun 21 Apr to 17:22 on Mon 22 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 22 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 22 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:27 → 02:2212:2848 min12:280 min21 Apr
Chicago02:27 → 04:2212:2648 min12:260 min21 Apr
Jersey City03:27 → 05:2212:3248 min12:310 min21 Apr
Port of Spain03:27 → 05:2211:4148 min11:410 min21 Apr
London08:27 → 10:2212:3648 min12:360 min21 Apr
Durban09:27 → 11:2211:3148 min11:300 min21 Apr
Dubai11:27 → 13:2211:5448 min11:5448 min21 Apr
Delhi12:57 → 14:5211:560 min11:5648 min22 Apr
Kolkata12:57 → 14:5211:120 min11:1148 min22 Apr
Singapore15:27 → 17:2212:400 min12:3948 min22 Apr
Sydney17:27 → 19:2211:300 min11:3048 min22 Apr
Suva19:27 → 21:2211:410 min11:4148 min22 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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