Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 1942

Wednesday 22 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 35 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Wednesday 22 April

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 12:08:36
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 April

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:53  13:41 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 14:16:17
12:0512:2912:5313:1713:4114:0514:29

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 12:09 on Wed 22 Apr to 14:16 on Thu 23 Apr.

    1942-04-22T03:08:36Z → 1942-04-23T05:16:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:53–13:41 on the 22nd, 12:53–13:41 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 2122 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 1942: Wednesday 22 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 1942 falls on Wednesday 22 April. Saptamī runs from 12:09 on Wed 22 Apr to 14:16 on Thu 23 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1942/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:09 → 22:1612:2848 min12:280 min22 Apr
Chicago22:09 → 00:1612:2648 min12:250 min22 Apr
Jersey City23:09 → 01:1612:3148 min12:310 min22 Apr
Port of Spain23:09 → 01:1611:4148 min11:400 min22 Apr
London05:09 → 07:1613:3648 min13:350 min22 Apr
Durban05:09 → 07:1611:3048 min11:300 min22 Apr
Dubai07:09 → 09:1611:5448 min11:530 min22 Apr
Delhi09:39 → 11:4612:5648 min12:560 min22 Apr
Kolkata09:39 → 11:4612:1148 min12:110 min22 Apr
Singapore12:09 → 14:1613:3948 min13:3937 min22 Apr
Sydney13:09 → 15:1611:300 min11:2948 min23 Apr
Suva15:09 → 17:1611:410 min11:4148 min23 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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