Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 1922

Wednesday 3 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Wednesday 3 May

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 11:30:16
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 4 May

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 11:30 on Wed 3 May to 09:52 on Thu 4 May.

    1922-05-03T03:30:16Z → 1922-05-04T01:51:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 3rd, 11:51–12:39 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 1265 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 1922: Wednesday 3 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 1922 falls on Wednesday 3 May. Saptamī runs from 11:30 on Wed 3 May to 09:52 on Thu 4 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1922/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 May
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/gangotpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

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

“S 7 Gangotpatti, (madhyahna vyapini, if occurs on two successive days, the first day is to be observed), Jahnu saptami, Sarkara saptami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:30 → 17:5211:2648 min11:260 min3 May
Chicago22:30 → 20:5212:2448 min12:240 min3 May
Jersey City23:30 → 21:5212:2948 min12:290 min3 May
Port of Spain23:30 → 21:5211:3948 min11:390 min3 May
London04:30 → 02:5212:3448 min12:340 min3 May
Durban05:30 → 03:5211:2948 min11:280 min3 May
Dubai07:30 → 05:5211:5248 min11:520 min3 May
Delhi09:00 → 07:2211:5448 min11:540 min3 May
Kolkata09:00 → 07:2211:1048 min11:090 min3 May
Singapore10:30 → 08:5211:3748 min11:370 min3 May
Sydney13:30 → 11:5211:280 min11:2824 min4 May
Suva15:30 → 13:5211:390 min11:3948 min4 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gangotpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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