Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 1916

Tuesday 29 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 551 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 Tuesday 29 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 30 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 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 01:24 on Tue 29 Aug to 02:43 on Wed 30 Aug.

    1916-08-28T17:24:12Z → 1916-08-29T18:43:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:55–12:43 on the 30th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 33075 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 1916: Tuesday 29 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 1916 falls on Tuesday 29 August. Pratipadā runs from 01:24 on Tue 29 Aug to 02:43 on Wed 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 29 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 29 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 29 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 28thCoveredMadhyāhna 29thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:24 → 10:4311:3048 min11:300 min28 Aug
Chicago11:24 → 12:4311:2748 min11:2748 min28 Aug
Jersey City12:24 → 13:4311:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Port of Spain13:24 → 14:4311:430 min11:4348 min29 Aug
London18:24 → 19:4312:370 min12:3748 min29 Aug
Durban19:24 → 20:4311:330 min11:3348 min29 Aug
Dubai21:05 → 22:2411:370 min11:3748 min29 Aug
Delhi22:54 → 00:1311:580 min11:5848 min29 Aug
Kolkata22:54 → 00:1311:140 min11:1348 min29 Aug
Singapore00:24 → 01:4311:420 min11:4248 min29 Aug
Sydney03:24 → 04:4311:330 min11:3248 min29 Aug
Suva05:24 → 06:4311:440 min11:4348 min29 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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