Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 1914

Saturday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 314 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 21 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 22 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 20:26 on Fri 21 Aug to 17:59 on Sat 22 Aug.

    1914-08-21T12:26:08Z → 1914-08-22T09:59:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 18867 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 1914: Saturday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 1914 falls on Saturday 22 August. Pratipadā runs from 20:26 on Fri 21 Aug to 17:59 on Sat 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1914/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 Aug
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/rudra-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:26 → 01:5911:3248 min11:320 min21 Aug
Chicago06:26 → 03:5911:2948 min11:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City07:26 → 04:5911:3548 min11:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain08:26 → 05:5911:4548 min11:450 min21 Aug
London12:26 → 09:5911:391 min11:390 min21 Aug
Durban14:26 → 11:5911:350 min11:3524 min22 Aug
Dubai16:07 → 13:4011:390 min11:3948 min22 Aug
Delhi17:56 → 15:2912:000 min12:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata17:56 → 15:2911:160 min11:1548 min22 Aug
Singapore19:26 → 16:5911:440 min11:4448 min22 Aug
Sydney22:26 → 19:5911:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva00:21 → 21:5411:410 min11:4048 min22 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rudra-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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