Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 1946

Tuesday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 408 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 28 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 06:07 on Tue 27 Aug to 04:52 on Wed 28 Aug.

    1946-08-26T21:07:15Z → 1946-08-27T19:51:31Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 27th, 12:55–13:43 on the 28th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā 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. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 24496 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 1946: Tuesday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 1946 falls on Tuesday 27 August. Pratipadā runs from 06:07 on Tue 27 Aug to 04:52 on Wed 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 Aug
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/rudra-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāMadhyāhna 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:07 → 11:5211:300 min11:3021 min27 Aug
Chicago16:07 → 14:5212:280 min12:2848 min27 Aug
Jersey City17:07 → 15:5212:340 min12:3348 min27 Aug
Port of Spain17:07 → 15:5211:440 min11:4448 min27 Aug
London22:07 → 20:5212:380 min12:3848 min27 Aug
Durban23:07 → 21:5211:340 min11:3448 min27 Aug
Dubai01:07 → 23:5211:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi02:37 → 01:2211:590 min11:5948 min27 Aug
Kolkata02:37 → 01:2211:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore04:37 → 03:2212:130 min12:1248 min27 Aug
Sydney07:07 → 05:5211:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva09:07 → 07:5211:440 min11:4448 min27 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rudra-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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