Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 1941

Tuesday 8 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 512 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Monday 7 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

17:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 20:46
17:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:2519:4920:1320:3721:01

0 of 177 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 8 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

17:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 20:46
17:2517:4918:1318:3719:0119:2519:4920:1320:3721:01

177 of 177 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 07:56 on Tue 8 Jul to 05:17 on Wed 9 Jul.

    1941-07-07T22:56:03Z → 1941-07-08T20:17:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:49–20:46 on the 7th, 17:49–20:46 on the 8th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 177 minutes on the 7th and 177 of 177 on the 8th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 30702 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 1941: Tuesday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 1941 falls on Tuesday 8 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 07:56 on Tue 8 Jul to 05:17 on Wed 9 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1941/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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/kokila-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 7thCoveredSāyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:56 → 12:1716:15172 min16:150 min7 Jul
Chicago17:56 → 15:1717:27152 min17:260 min7 Jul
Jersey City18:56 → 16:1717:3094 min17:300 min7 Jul
Port of Spain18:56 → 16:1716:000 min16:0018 min8 Jul
London00:56 → 22:1719:010 min19:00197 min8 Jul
Durban00:56 → 22:1715:060 min15:06124 min8 Jul
Dubai02:56 → 00:1716:290 min16:29163 min8 Jul
Delhi04:26 → 01:4716:360 min16:36167 min8 Jul
Kolkata04:26 → 01:4715:430 min15:43161 min8 Jul
Singapore06:16 → 03:3716:090 min16:09146 min8 Jul
Sydney08:56 → 06:1714:590 min15:00120 min8 Jul
Suva10:56 → 08:1715:300 min15:31133 min8 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kokila-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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