Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 1913

Thursday 17 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 160 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Thursday 17 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:47 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:42
16:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

175 of 175 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 18 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:46 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:41
16:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:58

0 of 175 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 13:15 on Thu 17 Jul to 14:06 on Fri 18 Jul.

    1913-07-17T05:14:40Z → 1913-07-18T06:05:58Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:47–19:42 on the 17th, 16:46–19:41 on the 18th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 175 of 175 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 175 on the 18th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 9617 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 1913: Thursday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 1913 falls on Thursday 17 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 13:15 on Thu 17 Jul to 14:06 on Fri 18 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1913/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 17 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/kokila-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 17thCoveredSāyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:15 → 22:0616:14170 min16:140 min17 Jul
Chicago23:15 → 00:0616:24179 min16:240 min17 Jul
Jersey City00:15 → 01:0616:28177 min16:270 min17 Jul
Port of Spain01:15 → 02:0616:00152 min16:000 min17 Jul
London05:15 → 06:0616:56193 min16:550 min17 Jul
Durban07:15 → 08:0615:09125 min15:100 min17 Jul
Dubai08:56 → 09:4716:09162 min16:090 min17 Jul
Delhi10:45 → 11:3616:35165 min16:350 min17 Jul
Kolkata10:45 → 11:3615:43160 min15:430 min17 Jul
Singapore12:15 → 13:0615:50146 min15:500 min17 Jul
Sydney15:15 → 16:0615:03110 min15:0462 min17 Jul
Suva17:10 → 18:0115:2832 min15:28134 min18 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kokila-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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