Midday of Thursday 28 April
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 11:52 12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 1955
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 28 April
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 29 April
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 02:40 on Thu 28 Apr to 01:00 on Fri 29 Apr.
1955-04-27T18:39:40Z → 1955-04-28T16:59:49Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 28th, 11:52–12:40 on the 29th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 33145 s
Ruling
Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 1955: Thursday 28 April.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 1955 falls on Thursday 28 April. Saptamī runs from 02:40 on Thu 28 Apr to 01:00 on Fri 29 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 28 Apr |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 28 Apr |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 28 Apr |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/gangotpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Madhyāhna 27th | Covered | Madhyāhna 28th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 11:40 → 10:00 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 27 Apr |
| Chicago | 13:40 → 12:00 | 12:25 | 0 min | 12:24 | 0 min | 28 Apr |
| Jersey City | 14:40 → 13:00 | 12:30 | 0 min | 12:30 | 30 min | 28 Apr |
| Port of Spain | 14:40 → 13:00 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 28 Apr |
| London | 19:40 → 18:00 | 12:35 | 0 min | 12:35 | 48 min | 28 Apr |
| Durban | 20:40 → 19:00 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 28 Apr |
| Dubai | 22:40 → 21:00 | 11:53 | 0 min | 11:53 | 48 min | 28 Apr |
| Delhi | 00:10 → 22:30 | 11:55 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 28 Apr |
| Kolkata | 00:10 → 22:30 | 11:10 | 0 min | 11:10 | 48 min | 28 Apr |
| Singapore | 02:10 → 00:30 | 12:08 | 0 min | 12:08 | 48 min | 28 Apr |
| Sydney | 04:40 → 03:00 | 11:29 | 0 min | 11:29 | 48 min | 28 Apr |
| Suva | 06:40 → 05:00 | 11:40 | 0 min | 11:40 | 48 min | 28 Apr |