Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1916

Friday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 243 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 7 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 8 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 07:26 on Fri 7 Jul to 07:56 on Sat 8 Jul.

    1916-07-06T23:25:46Z → 1916-07-07T23:56:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 7th, 11:59–12:47 on the 8th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 14563 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1916: Friday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1916 falls on Friday 7 July. Saptamī runs from 07:26 on Fri 7 Jul to 07:56 on Sat 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1916/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 7 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/vivasvat-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 7 Vivasvat saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:26 → 15:5611:330 min11:3448 min7 Jul
Chicago17:26 → 17:5611:310 min11:3148 min7 Jul
Jersey City18:26 → 18:5611:370 min11:3748 min7 Jul
Port of Spain19:26 → 19:5611:470 min11:4748 min7 Jul
London00:26 → 00:5612:410 min12:4148 min7 Jul
Durban01:26 → 01:5611:360 min11:3748 min7 Jul
Dubai03:07 → 03:3711:400 min11:4048 min7 Jul
Delhi04:56 → 05:2612:010 min12:0248 min7 Jul
Kolkata04:56 → 05:2611:170 min11:1748 min7 Jul
Singapore06:26 → 06:5611:450 min11:4548 min7 Jul
Sydney09:26 → 09:5611:360 min11:3648 min7 Jul
Suva11:26 → 11:5611:470 min11:4748 min7 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vivasvat-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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