Midday of Sunday 17 April
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 12:02 12:50 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:49:55
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 2005
Boundaryin Daegu, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 0 min 24 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Sunday 17 April
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Monday 18 April
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:50 on Sun 17 Apr to 15:10 on Mon 18 Apr.
2005-04-17T03:49:55Z → 2005-04-18T06:09:50Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 17th, 12:01–12:49 on the 18th.
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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.
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 24 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Daegu, 2005: Monday 18 April.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daegu, Rāma Navamī 2005 falls on Monday 18 April. Navamī runs from 12:50 on Sun 17 Apr to 15:10 on Mon 18 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It is 0 min 24 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 18 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 18 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 18 Apr |
| 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 17th | Covered | Madhyāhna 18th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 20:50 → 23:10 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Chicago | 22:50 → 01:10 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Jersey City | 23:50 → 02:10 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 23:50 → 02:10 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| London | 04:50 → 07:10 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Durban | 05:50 → 08:10 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Dubai | 07:50 → 10:10 | 11:55 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Delhi | 09:20 → 11:40 | 11:57 | 48 min | 11:57 | 0 min | 17 Apr |
| Kolkata | 09:20 → 11:40 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 28 min | 17 Apr |
| Singapore | 11:50 → 14:10 | 12:40 | 48 min | 12:40 | 48 min | 17 Apr |
| Sydney | 13:50 → 16:10 | 11:31 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 18 Apr |
| Suva | 15:50 → 18:10 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 18 Apr |