Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 2000

Wednesday 12 April

Determinatein Lima, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 314 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 Tuesday 11 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 12 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:45  12:33 madhyāhna ends
10:5711:2111:4512:0912:3312:5713:21

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 19:33 on Tue 11 Apr to 17:47 on Wed 12 Apr.

    2000-04-12T00:32:38Z → 2000-04-12T22:46:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:45–12:33 on the 11th, 11:45–12:33 on the 12th.

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 18837 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Lima, 2000: Wednesday 12 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Lima, Rāma Navamī 2000 falls on Wednesday 12 April. Navamī runs from 19:33 on Tue 11 Apr to 17:47 on Wed 12 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/lima/festivals/2000/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 12 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 12 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 12 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Lima.

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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:33 → 15:4712:3048 min12:300 min12 Apr
Chicago19:33 → 17:4712:2848 min12:270 min12 Apr
Jersey City20:33 → 18:4712:3348 min12:330 min12 Apr
Port of Spain20:33 → 18:4711:4348 min11:430 min12 Apr
London01:33 → 23:4712:3848 min12:370 min12 Apr
Durban02:33 → 00:4711:3248 min11:320 min12 Apr
Dubai04:33 → 02:4711:5648 min11:550 min12 Apr
Delhi06:03 → 04:1711:5848 min11:580 min12 Apr
Kolkata06:03 → 04:1711:1348 min11:130 min12 Apr
Singapore08:33 → 06:4712:4148 min12:410 min12 Apr
Sydney10:33 → 08:4711:3248 min11:310 min12 Apr
Suva12:33 → 10:4711:430 min11:430 min13 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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