Midday of Friday 18 April
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:16 12:04 madhyāhna ends
10:2810:5211:1611:4012:0412:2812:52
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 2070
Boundaryin Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 55 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Friday 18 April
Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Saturday 19 April
Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.
44 of 48 minutes covered, the first 44
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 12:53 on Fri 18 Apr to 12:00 on Sat 19 Apr.
2070-04-18T04:53:09Z → 2070-04-19T03:59:51Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:16–12:04 on the 18th, 11:16–12:04 on the 19th.
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 18th and 44 of 48 on the 19th.
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 235 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Daqing, 2070: Saturday 19 April.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Daqing, Rāma Navamī 2070 falls on Saturday 19 April. Navamī runs from 12:53 on Fri 18 Apr to 12:00 on Sat 19 Apr and covers 44 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It is 3 min 55 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 19 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 19 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 19 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 18th | Covered | Madhyāhna 19th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:53 → 21:00 | 12:29 | 48 min | 12:28 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Chicago | 23:53 → 23:00 | 12:26 | 48 min | 12:26 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Jersey City | 00:53 → 00:00 | 12:32 | 48 min | 12:32 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 00:53 → 00:00 | 11:42 | 48 min | 11:41 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| London | 05:53 → 05:00 | 12:37 | 48 min | 12:36 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Durban | 06:53 → 06:00 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Dubai | 08:53 → 08:00 | 11:54 | 48 min | 11:54 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Delhi | 10:23 → 09:30 | 11:57 | 48 min | 11:57 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Kolkata | 10:23 → 09:30 | 11:12 | 48 min | 11:12 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Singapore | 12:53 → 12:00 | 12:40 | 35 min | 12:40 | 0 min | 18 Apr |
| Sydney | 14:53 → 14:00 | 11:30 | 0 min | 11:30 | 48 min | 19 Apr |
| Suva | 16:53 → 16:00 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 19 Apr |