Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1908

Thursday 9 April

Determinatein Riyadh, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 21 s.

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 Thursday 9 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 10 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:37  12:25 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:28:14
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13

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 08:52 on Thu 9 Apr to 11:27 on Fri 10 Apr.

    1908-04-09T05:45:44Z → 1908-04-10T08:21:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:37–12:25 on the 9th, 11:37–12:25 on the 10th.

    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 9th and 0 of 48 on the 10th.

    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 561 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Riyadh, 1908: Thursday 9 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Riyadh, Rāma Navamī 1908 falls on Thursday 9 April. Navamī runs from 08:52 on Thu 9 Apr to 11:27 on Fri 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/riyadh/festivals/1908/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 9 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 9 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 9 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Riyadh.

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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:46 → 00:2111:3148 min11:310 min9 Apr
Chicago23:46 → 02:2111:2948 min11:280 min9 Apr
Jersey City00:46 → 03:2111:3448 min11:340 min9 Apr
Port of Spain01:46 → 04:2111:4448 min11:440 min9 Apr
London05:46 → 08:2111:3948 min11:380 min9 Apr
Durban07:46 → 10:2111:3348 min11:330 min9 Apr
Dubai09:27 → 12:0211:3848 min11:3725 min9 Apr
Delhi11:16 → 13:5111:5948 min11:5948 min9 Apr
Kolkata11:16 → 13:5111:1447 min11:1448 min10 Apr
Singapore12:46 → 15:2111:420 min11:4248 min10 Apr
Sydney15:46 → 18:2111:330 min11:3248 min10 Apr
Suva17:41 → 20:1611:390 min11:3948 min10 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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