Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1935

Monday 8 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 7 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

Midday of Monday 8 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 15:19 on Sun 7 Jul to 17:31 on Mon 8 Jul.

    1935-07-07T07:18:56Z → 1935-07-08T09:31:05Z

  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 0 of 48 minutes on the 7th and 48 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 9142 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1935: Monday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1935 falls on Monday 8 July. Saptamī runs from 15:19 on Sun 7 Jul to 17:31 on Mon 8 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1935/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:19 → 01:3111:3448 min11:340 min7 Jul
Chicago02:19 → 04:3112:3148 min12:310 min7 Jul
Jersey City03:19 → 05:3112:3748 min12:370 min7 Jul
Port of Spain03:19 → 05:3111:4748 min11:470 min7 Jul
London08:19 → 10:3112:4148 min12:410 min7 Jul
Durban09:19 → 11:3111:3748 min11:370 min7 Jul
Dubai11:19 → 13:3111:5948 min11:5948 min7 Jul
Delhi12:49 → 15:0112:021 min12:0248 min7 Jul
Kolkata12:49 → 15:0111:170 min11:1748 min8 Jul
Singapore14:39 → 16:5112:050 min12:0548 min8 Jul
Sydney17:19 → 19:3111:360 min11:3648 min8 Jul
Suva19:19 → 21:3111:470 min11:4748 min8 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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