Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1913

Tuesday 15 April

Determinatein Bucharest, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 234 minutes.

Decide it for

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44°26′ N 26°06′ E · Europe/Bucharest · GeoNames 683506

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Monday 14 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 15 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:36  12:24 madhyāhna ends
10:4811:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:12

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 18:27 on Mon 14 Apr to 16:18 on Tue 15 Apr.

    1913-04-14T16:43:10Z → 1913-04-15T14:34:18Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:36–12:24 on the 14th, 11:36–12:24 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 14048 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Bucharest, 1913: Tuesday 15 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Bucharest, Rāma Navamī 1913 falls on Tuesday 15 April. Navamī runs from 18:27 on Mon 14 Apr to 16:18 on Tue 15 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/bucharest/festivals/1913/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Bucharest.

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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:43 → 06:3411:3048 min11:290 min14 Apr
Chicago10:43 → 08:3411:2748 min11:270 min14 Apr
Jersey City11:43 → 09:3411:3338 min11:330 min14 Apr
Port of Spain12:43 → 10:3411:430 min11:420 min15 Apr
London16:43 → 14:3411:370 min11:3748 min15 Apr
Durban18:43 → 16:3411:320 min11:3248 min15 Apr
Dubai20:24 → 18:1511:360 min11:3648 min15 Apr
Delhi22:13 → 20:0411:580 min11:5848 min15 Apr
Kolkata22:13 → 20:0411:130 min11:1348 min15 Apr
Singapore23:43 → 21:3411:410 min11:4148 min15 Apr
Sydney02:43 → 00:3411:310 min11:3148 min15 Apr
Suva04:38 → 02:2911:380 min11:3748 min15 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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