Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1903

Monday 6 April

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 381 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 5 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:20  12:08 madhyāhna ends
10:3210:5611:2011:4412:0812:3212:56

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 6 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:19  12:07 madhyāhna ends
10:3110:5511:1911:4312:0712:3112:55

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 20:44 on Sun 5 Apr to 18:29 on Mon 6 Apr.

    1903-04-05T12:43:46Z → 1903-04-06T10:28:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:20–12:08 on the 5th, 11:19–12:07 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 22872 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Daqing, 1903: Monday 6 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rāma Navamī 1903 falls on Monday 6 April. Navamī runs from 20:44 on Sun 5 Apr to 18:29 on Mon 6 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1903/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 6 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 6 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 6 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:44 → 02:2911:3248 min11:320 min5 Apr
Chicago06:44 → 04:2911:3048 min11:300 min5 Apr
Jersey City07:44 → 05:2911:3648 min11:350 min5 Apr
Port of Spain08:44 → 06:2911:4548 min11:450 min5 Apr
London12:44 → 10:2911:400 min11:400 min6 Apr
Durban14:44 → 12:2911:350 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Dubai16:25 → 14:1011:390 min11:3948 min6 Apr
Delhi18:05 → 15:5011:510 min11:5148 min6 Apr
Kolkata18:05 → 15:5011:070 min11:0748 min6 Apr
Singapore19:39 → 17:2411:390 min11:3848 min6 Apr
Sydney22:44 → 20:2911:340 min11:3448 min6 Apr
Suva00:39 → 22:2411:400 min11:4048 min6 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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