Midday of Saturday 25 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
madhyāhna begins 12:01 12:49 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 11:58:15
11:1311:3712:0112:2512:4913:1313:37
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 1900
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 3 min 25 s away. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 25 August
Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 26 August
Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pratipadā runs from 11:58 on Sat 25 Aug to 14:04 on Sun 26 Aug.
1900-08-25T03:52:32Z → 1900-08-26T05:58:45Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:01–12:49 on the 25th, 12:01–12:49 on the 26th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.
priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 205 s < 300 s
Ruling
Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 1900: Saturday 25 August.
confidence: boundary (margin)
In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 1900 falls on Saturday 25 August. Pratipadā runs from 11:58 on Sat 25 Aug to 14:04 on Sun 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 3 min 25 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 25 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 25 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 25 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/rudra-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pratipadā | Madhyāhna 25th | Covered | Madhyāhna 26th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 19:53 → 21:59 | 11:31 | 48 min | 11:30 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Chicago | 21:53 → 23:59 | 11:28 | 48 min | 11:28 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Jersey City | 22:53 → 00:59 | 11:34 | 48 min | 11:34 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 23:53 → 01:59 | 11:44 | 48 min | 11:44 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| London | 03:53 → 05:59 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:38 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Durban | 05:23 → 07:29 | 11:04 | 48 min | 11:04 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Dubai | 07:34 → 09:40 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:37 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Delhi | 09:14 → 11:20 | 11:50 | 48 min | 11:50 | 0 min | 25 Aug |
| Kolkata | 09:14 → 11:20 | 11:05 | 48 min | 11:05 | 15 min | 25 Aug |
| Singapore | 10:48 → 12:54 | 11:38 | 48 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 25 Aug |
| Sydney | 13:53 → 15:59 | 11:34 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 26 Aug |
| Suva | 15:48 → 17:54 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:39 | 48 min | 26 Aug |