Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1946

Friday 5 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 675 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 Friday 5 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 6 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:58  13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34

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 01:13 on Fri 5 Jul to 01:43 on Sat 6 Jul.

    1946-07-04T16:13:22Z → 1946-07-05T16:43:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 5th, 12:58–13:46 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 0 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 40509 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1946: Friday 5 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1946 falls on Friday 5 July. Saptamī runs from 01:13 on Fri 5 Jul to 01:43 on Sat 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1946/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:13 → 08:4311:3348 min11:330 min4 Jul
Chicago11:13 → 11:4312:3148 min12:310 min4 Jul
Jersey City12:13 → 12:4312:3648 min12:377 min4 Jul
Port of Spain12:13 → 12:4311:4621 min11:4648 min4 Jul
London17:13 → 17:4312:400 min12:4148 min5 Jul
Durban18:13 → 18:4311:360 min11:3648 min5 Jul
Dubai20:13 → 20:4311:590 min11:5948 min5 Jul
Delhi21:43 → 22:1312:010 min12:0148 min5 Jul
Kolkata21:43 → 22:1311:170 min11:1748 min5 Jul
Singapore23:43 → 00:1312:150 min12:1548 min5 Jul
Sydney02:13 → 02:4311:350 min11:3548 min5 Jul
Suva04:13 → 04:4311:460 min11:4748 min5 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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