Midday of Saturday 30 March
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:07 12:55 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 13:19:45
11:1911:4312:0712:3112:5513:1913:43
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1985
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 29 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 30 March
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 31 March
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 13:20 on Sat 30 Mar to 12:59 on Sun 31 Mar.
1985-03-30T04:19:45Z → 1985-03-31T03:58:41Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:07–12:55 on the 30th, 12:06–12:54 on the 31st.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 31st.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 269 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Daegu, 1985: Sunday 31 March.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daegu, Rāma Navamī 1985 falls on Sunday 31 March. Navamī runs from 13:20 on Sat 30 Mar to 12:59 on Sun 31 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 4 min 29 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 31 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 31 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 31 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daegu. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rama-navami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Navamī | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Madhyāhna 31st | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:20 → 19:59 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Chicago | 22:20 → 21:59 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Jersey City | 23:20 → 22:59 | 11:37 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 00:20 → 23:59 | 11:47 | 48 min | 11:46 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| London | 04:20 → 04:59 | 11:42 | 48 min | 12:41 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Durban | 06:20 → 05:59 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:36 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Dubai | 08:20 → 07:59 | 12:00 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Delhi | 09:50 → 09:29 | 12:02 | 48 min | 12:02 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Kolkata | 09:50 → 09:29 | 11:17 | 48 min | 11:17 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Singapore | 12:20 → 11:59 | 12:45 | 48 min | 12:45 | 0 min | 30 Mar |
| Sydney | 14:20 → 13:59 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 31 Mar |
| Suva | 16:20 → 15:59 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 31 Mar |