Ruling · Rāma Navamī (Rāma Jayantī) · 2029

Monday 23 April

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 5 min 11 s.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Sunday 22 April

Navamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
Navamī begins 12:54:44
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 23 April

Taken. Navamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 12:01  12:49 madhyāhna ends
Navamī ends 11:30:22
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37

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 12:55 on Sun 22 Apr to 11:30 on Mon 23 Apr.

    2029-04-22T07:24:45Z → 2029-04-23T06:00:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 22nd, 12:01–12:49 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: unstated → second-day · margin 311 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rāma Navamī, Ujjain, 2029: Monday 23 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Rāma Navamī 2029 falls on Monday 23 April. Navamī runs from 12:55 on Sun 22 Apr to 11:30 on Mon 23 Apr, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2029/rama-navami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 23 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 23 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:25 → 23:0012:2848 min12:270 min22 Apr
Chicago02:25 → 01:0012:2548 min12:250 min22 Apr
Jersey City03:25 → 02:0012:3148 min12:310 min22 Apr
Port of Spain03:25 → 02:0011:4148 min11:400 min22 Apr
London08:25 → 07:0012:3648 min12:350 min22 Apr
Durban09:25 → 08:0011:3048 min11:300 min22 Apr
Dubai11:25 → 10:0011:5348 min11:530 min22 Apr
Delhi12:55 → 11:3011:560 min11:560 min23 Apr
Kolkata12:55 → 11:3011:110 min11:1119 min23 Apr
Singapore15:25 → 14:0012:390 min12:3948 min23 Apr
Sydney17:25 → 16:0011:290 min11:2948 min23 Apr
Suva19:25 → 18:0011:410 min11:4148 min23 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