Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1995

Sunday 9 April

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 646 minutes.

Decide it for

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30°12′ N 71°29′ E · Asia/Karachi · GeoNames 1169825

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 8 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 9 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 23:27 on Sat 8 Apr to 00:41 on Mon 10 Apr.

    1995-04-08T18:26:43Z → 1995-04-09T19:41:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 8th, 11:52–12:40 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 38780 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Multan, 1995: Sunday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rāma Navamī 1995 falls on Sunday 9 April. Navamī runs from 23:27 on Sat 8 Apr to 00:41 on Mon 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/1995/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 9 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Multan.

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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:27 → 12:4112:3148 min12:3110 min8 Apr
Chicago13:27 → 14:4112:290 min12:2948 min9 Apr
Jersey City14:27 → 15:4112:350 min12:3448 min9 Apr
Port of Spain14:27 → 15:4111:440 min11:4448 min9 Apr
London19:27 → 20:4112:390 min12:3948 min9 Apr
Durban20:27 → 21:4111:340 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Dubai22:27 → 23:4111:570 min11:5748 min9 Apr
Delhi23:57 → 01:1111:590 min11:5948 min9 Apr
Kolkata23:57 → 01:1111:150 min11:1548 min9 Apr
Singapore02:27 → 03:4112:430 min12:4248 min9 Apr
Sydney04:27 → 05:4111:330 min11:3348 min9 Apr
Suva06:27 → 07:4111:440 min11:4448 min9 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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