Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2023

Thursday 30 March

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 492 minutes.

Decide it for

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23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 29 March

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 30 March

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:08  12:56 madhyāhna ends
11:2011:4412:0812:3212:5613:2013:44

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 21:08 on Wed 29 Mar to 23:31 on Thu 30 Mar.

    2023-03-29T15:37:52Z → 2023-03-30T18:00:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:08–12:56 on the 29th, 12:08–12:56 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 29514 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Ujjain, 2023: Thursday 30 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Rāma Navamī 2023 falls on Thursday 30 March. Navamī runs from 21:08 on Wed 29 Mar to 23:31 on Thu 30 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2023/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 30 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 30 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 30 Mar
Rashtriya PanchangPrincipal festivals, 2022-23Thu 30 Mar

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 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:38 → 11:0112:3448 min12:340 min29 Mar
Chicago10:38 → 13:0112:3248 min12:3129 min29 Mar
Jersey City11:38 → 14:0112:3748 min12:3748 min29 Mar
Port of Spain11:38 → 14:0111:4748 min11:4748 min29 Mar
London16:38 → 19:0112:420 min12:4248 min30 Mar
Durban17:38 → 20:0111:370 min11:3648 min30 Mar
Dubai19:38 → 22:0112:000 min12:0048 min30 Mar
Delhi21:08 → 23:3112:020 min12:0248 min30 Mar
Kolkata21:08 → 23:3111:180 min11:1748 min30 Mar
Singapore23:38 → 02:0112:460 min12:4548 min30 Mar
Sydney02:38 → 05:0112:360 min12:3648 min30 Mar
Suva03:38 → 06:0111:470 min11:4748 min30 Mar
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