Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1931

Tuesday 21 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 454 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 Tuesday 21 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 22 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 04:26 on Tue 21 Jul to 02:15 on Wed 22 Jul.

    1931-07-20T20:26:21Z → 1931-07-21T18:15:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 21st, 12:00–12:48 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 27226 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1931: Tuesday 21 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1931 falls on Tuesday 21 July. Saptamī runs from 04:26 on Tue 21 Jul to 02:15 on Wed 22 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1931/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 21 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 21 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:26 → 10:1511:350 min11:350 min21 Jul
Chicago15:26 → 13:1512:330 min12:3343 min21 Jul
Jersey City16:26 → 14:1512:380 min12:3848 min21 Jul
Port of Spain16:26 → 14:1511:480 min11:4848 min21 Jul
London21:26 → 19:1512:420 min12:4248 min21 Jul
Durban22:26 → 20:1511:380 min11:3848 min21 Jul
Dubai00:26 → 22:1512:010 min12:0148 min21 Jul
Delhi01:56 → 23:4512:030 min12:0348 min21 Jul
Kolkata01:56 → 23:4511:190 min11:1948 min21 Jul
Singapore03:26 → 01:1511:470 min11:4748 min21 Jul
Sydney06:26 → 04:1511:370 min11:3748 min21 Jul
Suva08:26 → 06:1511:480 min11:4948 min21 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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