Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2028

Monday 3 April

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 38 s.

Decide it for

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 Monday 3 April

Taken. The only midday Navamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:00:36
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 4 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:06  12:54 madhyāhna ends
11:1811:4212:0612:3012:5413:1813:42

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 12:01 on Mon 3 Apr to 10:08 on Tue 4 Apr.

    2028-04-03T06:30:37Z → 2028-04-04T04:37:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:06–12:54 on the 3rd, 12:06–12:54 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 338 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Ujjain, 2028: Monday 3 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Rāma Navamī 2028 falls on Monday 3 April. Navamī runs from 12:01 on Mon 3 Apr to 10:08 on Tue 4 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2028/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 Apr
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:31 → 21:3812:3248 min12:320 min3 Apr
Chicago01:31 → 23:3812:3048 min12:300 min3 Apr
Jersey City02:31 → 00:3812:3648 min12:350 min3 Apr
Port of Spain02:31 → 00:3811:4548 min11:450 min3 Apr
London07:31 → 05:3812:4048 min12:400 min3 Apr
Durban08:31 → 06:3811:3548 min11:350 min3 Apr
Dubai10:31 → 08:3811:5848 min11:580 min3 Apr
Delhi12:01 → 10:0812:0048 min12:000 min3 Apr
Kolkata12:01 → 10:0811:163 min11:160 min3 Apr
Singapore14:31 → 12:3812:440 min12:440 min4 Apr
Sydney16:31 → 14:3811:340 min11:3448 min4 Apr
Suva18:31 → 16:3811:450 min11:4548 min4 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