Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 2003

Friday 11 April

Determinatein Multan, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 238 minutes.

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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 Thursday 10 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 Friday 11 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 16:52 on Thu 10 Apr to 16:37 on Fri 11 Apr.

    2003-04-10T11:51:54Z → 2003-04-11T11:37:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 10th, 11:52–12:40 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 48 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 14252 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Multan, 2003: Friday 11 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Multan, Rāma Navamī 2003 falls on Friday 11 April. Navamī runs from 16:52 on Thu 10 Apr to 16:37 on Fri 11 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/multan/festivals/2003/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 11 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 11 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 11 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:52 → 04:3712:3148 min12:300 min10 Apr
Chicago06:52 → 06:3712:2848 min12:280 min10 Apr
Jersey City07:52 → 07:3712:3448 min12:340 min10 Apr
Port of Spain07:52 → 07:3711:4448 min11:430 min10 Apr
London12:52 → 12:3712:3835 min12:380 min10 Apr
Durban13:52 → 13:3711:330 min11:3348 min11 Apr
Dubai15:52 → 15:3711:560 min11:5648 min11 Apr
Delhi17:22 → 17:0711:590 min11:5948 min11 Apr
Kolkata17:22 → 17:0711:140 min11:1448 min11 Apr
Singapore19:52 → 19:3712:420 min12:4248 min11 Apr
Sydney21:52 → 21:3711:320 min11:3248 min11 Apr
Suva23:52 → 23:3711:440 min11:4348 min11 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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