Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1949

Saturday 2 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 275 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 2 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 3 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 07:22 on Sat 2 Jul to 05:12 on Sun 3 Jul.

    1949-07-01T23:22:22Z → 1949-07-02T21:12:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 16528 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1949: Saturday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1949 falls on Saturday 2 July. Saptamī runs from 07:22 on Sat 2 Jul to 05:12 on Sun 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1949/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 1stCoveredMadhyāhna 2ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:22 → 13:1211:330 min11:3348 min2 Jul
Chicago18:22 → 16:1212:300 min12:3048 min2 Jul
Jersey City19:22 → 17:1212:360 min12:3648 min2 Jul
Port of Spain19:22 → 17:1211:460 min11:4648 min2 Jul
London00:22 → 22:1212:400 min12:4048 min2 Jul
Durban01:22 → 23:1211:360 min11:3648 min2 Jul
Dubai03:22 → 01:1211:580 min11:5948 min2 Jul
Delhi04:52 → 02:4212:010 min12:0148 min2 Jul
Kolkata04:52 → 02:4211:160 min11:1648 min2 Jul
Singapore06:52 → 04:4212:140 min12:1448 min2 Jul
Sydney09:22 → 07:1211:350 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva11:22 → 09:1211:460 min11:4648 min2 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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