Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2090

Sunday 9 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 22 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 Saturday 8 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 13:06:32
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 April

Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

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 13:07 on Sat 8 Apr to 11:04 on Sun 9 Apr.

    2090-04-08T05:06:33Z → 2090-04-09T03:03:56Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 8th, 11:56–12:44 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: unstated → second-day · margin 1318 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2090: Sunday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2090 falls on Sunday 9 April. Navamī runs from 13:07 on Sat 8 Apr to 11:04 on Sun 9 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2090/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 8 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:07 → 20:0412:3148 min12:310 min8 Apr
Chicago00:07 → 22:0412:2948 min12:290 min8 Apr
Jersey City01:07 → 23:0412:3548 min12:340 min8 Apr
Port of Spain01:07 → 23:0411:4448 min11:440 min8 Apr
London06:07 → 04:0412:3948 min12:390 min8 Apr
Durban07:07 → 05:0411:3448 min11:330 min8 Apr
Dubai09:07 → 07:0411:5748 min11:570 min8 Apr
Delhi10:37 → 08:3411:5948 min11:590 min8 Apr
Kolkata10:37 → 08:3411:1548 min11:150 min8 Apr
Singapore13:07 → 11:0412:4324 min12:420 min8 Apr
Sydney15:07 → 13:0411:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva17:07 → 15:0411:440 min11:4448 min9 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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