Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1955

Sunday 26 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 525 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 Saturday 25 June

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 26 June

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 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 21:35 on Sat 25 Jun to 21:29 on Sun 26 Jun.

    1955-06-25T13:35:26Z → 1955-06-26T13:29:26Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:57–12:45 on the 26th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 31489 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1955: Sunday 26 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1955 falls on Sunday 26 June. Saptamī runs from 21:35 on Sat 25 Jun to 21:29 on Sun 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1955/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 26 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 26 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 26 Jun
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:35 → 06:2912:3148 min12:320 min25 Jun
Chicago08:35 → 08:2912:2948 min12:290 min25 Jun
Jersey City09:35 → 09:2912:3548 min12:350 min25 Jun
Port of Spain09:35 → 09:2911:4448 min11:450 min25 Jun
London14:35 → 14:2912:390 min12:3948 min26 Jun
Durban15:35 → 15:2911:340 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Dubai17:35 → 17:2911:570 min11:5748 min26 Jun
Delhi19:05 → 18:5911:590 min12:0048 min26 Jun
Kolkata19:05 → 18:5911:150 min11:1548 min26 Jun
Singapore21:05 → 20:5912:130 min12:1348 min26 Jun
Sydney23:35 → 23:2911:330 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Suva01:35 → 01:2911:450 min11:4548 min26 Jun
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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