Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1934

Saturday 24 March

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 587 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 24 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:23  12:11 madhyāhna ends
10:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:59

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 25 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:23  12:11 madhyāhna ends
10:3510:5911:2311:4712:1112:3512:59

0 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 23:00 on Fri 23 Mar to 01:36 on Sun 25 Mar.

    1934-03-23T14:59:51Z → 1934-03-24T17:36:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:23–12:11 on the 24th, 11:23–12:11 on the 25th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 35200 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Daqing, 1934: Saturday 24 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rāma Navamī 1934 falls on Saturday 24 March. Navamī runs from 23:00 on Fri 23 Mar to 01:36 on Sun 25 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1934/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 24 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 24 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 24 Mar
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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:00 → 09:3611:3648 min11:360 min23 Mar
Chicago09:00 → 11:3611:3448 min11:333 min23 Mar
Jersey City10:00 → 12:3611:3948 min11:3948 min23 Mar
Port of Spain11:00 → 13:3611:4948 min11:4948 min23 Mar
London15:00 → 17:3611:440 min11:4448 min24 Mar
Durban17:00 → 19:3611:390 min11:3848 min24 Mar
Dubai19:00 → 21:3612:020 min12:0248 min24 Mar
Delhi20:30 → 23:0612:040 min12:0448 min24 Mar
Kolkata20:30 → 23:0611:200 min11:1948 min24 Mar
Singapore22:20 → 00:5612:080 min12:0748 min24 Mar
Sydney01:00 → 03:3611:380 min11:3848 min24 Mar
Suva03:00 → 05:3611:490 min11:4948 min24 Mar
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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