Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 1936

Monday 27 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 301 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 Monday 27 April

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 28 April

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 06:37 on Mon 27 Apr to 06:51 on Tue 28 Apr.

    1936-04-26T22:36:34Z → 1936-04-27T22:51:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 27th, 11:52–12:40 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 18035 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 1936: Monday 27 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 1936 falls on Monday 27 April. Saptamī runs from 06:37 on Mon 27 Apr to 06:51 on Tue 28 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1936/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 27 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 27 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 27 Apr
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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:37 → 14:5111:270 min11:2748 min27 Apr
Chicago17:37 → 17:5112:250 min12:2548 min27 Apr
Jersey City18:37 → 18:5112:300 min12:3048 min27 Apr
Port of Spain18:37 → 18:5111:400 min11:4048 min27 Apr
London23:37 → 23:5112:350 min12:3548 min27 Apr
Durban00:37 → 00:5111:290 min11:2948 min27 Apr
Dubai02:37 → 02:5111:530 min11:5348 min27 Apr
Delhi04:07 → 04:2111:550 min11:5548 min27 Apr
Kolkata04:07 → 04:2111:110 min11:1048 min27 Apr
Singapore05:57 → 06:1111:580 min11:5848 min27 Apr
Sydney08:37 → 08:5111:290 min11:2948 min27 Apr
Suva10:37 → 10:5111:400 min11:4048 min27 Apr
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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