Midday of Thursday 9 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
madhyāhna begins 11:37 12:25 madhyāhna ends
10:4911:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:13
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rāma Navamī · 1908
Boundaryin Tehran, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both middays qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 9 April
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 10 April
Qualifies with 9 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
9 of 48 minutes covered, the first 9
Aṅga
Navamī runs from 09:11 on Thu 9 Apr to 11:46 on Fri 10 Apr.
1908-04-09T05:45:44Z → 1908-04-10T08:21:23Z
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′
Rule
Navamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 9th and 9 of 48 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both middays qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 560 s
Ruling
Rāma Navamī, Tehran, 1908: Thursday 9 April.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Tehran, Rāma Navamī 1908 falls on Thursday 9 April. Navamī runs from 09:11 on Thu 9 Apr to 11:46 on Fri 10 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 9 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 9 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 9 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 9 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Tehran. | ||
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 9th | Covered | Madhyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:46 → 00:21 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:31 | 0 min | 9 Apr |
| Chicago | 23:46 → 02:21 | 11:29 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 9 Apr |
| Jersey City | 00:46 → 03:21 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 9 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 01:46 → 04:21 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 9 Apr |
| London | 05:46 → 08:21 | 11:39 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 9 Apr |
| Durban | 07:46 → 10:21 | 11:33 | 48 min | 11:33 | 0 min | 9 Apr |
| Dubai | 09:27 → 12:02 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:37 | 25 min | 9 Apr |
| Delhi | 11:16 → 13:51 | 11:59 | 48 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 9 Apr |
| Kolkata | 11:16 → 13:51 | 11:14 | 47 min | 11:14 | 48 min | 10 Apr |
| Singapore | 12:46 → 15:21 | 11:42 | 0 min | 11:42 | 48 min | 10 Apr |
| Sydney | 15:46 → 18:21 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 10 Apr |
| Suva | 17:41 → 20:16 | 11:39 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 10 Apr |