Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1968

Sunday 7 April

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 645 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 Sunday 7 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

Midday of Monday 8 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:18  12:06 madhyāhna ends
10:3010:5411:1811:4212:0612:3012:54

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 00:01 on Sun 7 Apr to 00:33 on Mon 8 Apr.

    1968-04-06T16:00:32Z → 1968-04-07T16:33:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:19–12:07 on the 7th, 11:18–12:06 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 38712 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Daqing, 1968: Sunday 7 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Rāma Navamī 1968 falls on Sunday 7 April. Navamī runs from 00:01 on Sun 7 Apr to 00:33 on Mon 8 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/1968/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 7 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 7 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:01 → 08:3311:3248 min11:310 min6 Apr
Chicago10:01 → 10:3311:2948 min11:290 min6 Apr
Jersey City11:01 → 11:3311:3548 min11:350 min6 Apr
Port of Spain12:01 → 12:3311:4432 min11:4448 min7 Apr
London17:01 → 17:3312:390 min12:3948 min7 Apr
Durban18:01 → 18:3311:340 min11:3448 min7 Apr
Dubai20:01 → 20:3311:570 min11:5748 min7 Apr
Delhi21:31 → 22:0312:000 min11:5948 min7 Apr
Kolkata21:31 → 22:0311:150 min11:1548 min7 Apr
Singapore23:31 → 00:0312:130 min12:1348 min7 Apr
Sydney02:01 → 02:3311:330 min11:3348 min7 Apr
Suva04:01 → 04:3311:450 min11:4448 min7 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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