Midday of Saturday 1 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 12:20 13:08 madhyāhna ends
11:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:3213:56
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1944
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 1 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 2 April
Qualifies with 7 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
7 of 48 minutes covered, the first 7
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 10:23 on Sat 1 Apr to 12:27 on Sun 2 Apr.
1944-04-01T01:22:51Z → 1944-04-02T03:27:00Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:20–13:08 on the 1st, 12:20–13:08 on the 2nd.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 1st and 7 of 48 on the 2nd.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 410 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Daqing, 1944: Saturday 1 April.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Daqing, Rāma Navamī 1944 falls on Saturday 1 April. Navamī runs from 10:23 on Sat 1 Apr to 12:27 on Sun 2 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 7 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 1 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 1 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 1 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing. | ||
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 1st | Covered | Madhyāhna 2nd | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 18:23 → 20:27 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Chicago | 20:23 → 22:27 | 12:31 | 48 min | 12:31 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Jersey City | 21:23 → 23:27 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 22:23 → 00:27 | 12:46 | 48 min | 12:46 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| London | 02:23 → 05:27 | 12:41 | 48 min | 13:41 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Durban | 03:23 → 05:27 | 11:36 | 48 min | 11:35 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Dubai | 05:23 → 07:27 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Delhi | 07:53 → 09:57 | 13:01 | 48 min | 13:01 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Kolkata | 07:53 → 09:57 | 12:17 | 48 min | 12:16 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Singapore | 10:23 → 12:27 | 13:45 | 48 min | 13:44 | 0 min | 1 Apr |
| Sydney | 11:23 → 13:27 | 11:35 | 48 min | 11:35 | 48 min | 1 Apr |
| Suva | 13:23 → 15:27 | 11:46 | 0 min | 11:46 | 48 min | 2 Apr |