Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2093

Sunday 5 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 500 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 4 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

Midday of Sunday 5 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 21:06 on Sat 4 Apr to 23:29 on Sun 5 Apr.

    2093-04-04T13:05:45Z → 2093-04-05T15:28:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:57–12:45 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 30007 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Baoding, 2093: Sunday 5 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rāma Navamī 2093 falls on Sunday 5 April. Navamī runs from 21:06 on Sat 4 Apr to 23:29 on Sun 5 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2093/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 5 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 5 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:06 → 08:2912:3248 min12:320 min4 Apr
Chicago08:06 → 10:2912:3048 min12:300 min4 Apr
Jersey City09:06 → 11:2912:3648 min12:350 min4 Apr
Port of Spain09:06 → 11:2911:4548 min11:450 min4 Apr
London14:06 → 16:2912:400 min12:4048 min5 Apr
Durban15:06 → 17:2911:350 min11:3448 min5 Apr
Dubai17:06 → 19:2911:580 min11:5848 min5 Apr
Delhi18:36 → 20:5912:000 min12:0048 min5 Apr
Kolkata18:36 → 20:5911:160 min11:1648 min5 Apr
Singapore21:06 → 23:2912:440 min12:4348 min5 Apr
Sydney00:06 → 01:2912:340 min11:3448 min5 Apr
Suva01:06 → 03:2911:450 min11:4548 min5 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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