Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 1952

Monday 7 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 48 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 6 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:46
16:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

0 of 177 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 7 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:46
16:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

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 00:04 on Mon 7 Jul to 20:33 on Mon 7 Jul.

    1952-07-06T16:03:37Z → 1952-07-07T12:33:27Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:49–19:46 on the 6th, 16:49–19:46 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 177 of 177 on the 7th.

    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 2855 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 1952: Monday 7 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 1952 falls on Monday 7 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 00:04 on Mon 7 Jul to 20:33 on Mon 7 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 7 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 7 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 7 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 6thCoveredSāyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:04 → 05:3317:15172 min17:150 min6 Jul
Chicago11:04 → 07:3317:27181 min17:270 min6 Jul
Jersey City12:04 → 08:3317:30180 min17:300 min6 Jul
Port of Spain12:04 → 08:3316:00153 min16:000 min6 Jul
London17:04 → 13:3318:01197 min18:010 min6 Jul
Durban18:04 → 14:3315:060 min15:060 min6 Jul
Dubai20:04 → 16:3316:290 min16:295 min7 Jul
Delhi21:34 → 18:0316:360 min16:3688 min7 Jul
Kolkata21:34 → 18:0315:430 min15:43140 min7 Jul
Singapore23:34 → 20:0316:190 min16:19146 min7 Jul
Sydney02:04 → 22:3314:590 min15:00120 min7 Jul
Suva04:04 → 00:3315:300 min15:30133 min7 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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