Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1956

Saturday 14 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 253 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Friday 13 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 14 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 18:04 on Fri 13 Jul to 17:01 on Sat 14 Jul.

    1956-07-13T10:04:07Z → 1956-07-14T09:00:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 13th, 12:00–12:48 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 15170 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1956: Saturday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1956 falls on Saturday 14 July. Saptamī runs from 18:04 on Fri 13 Jul to 17:01 on Sat 14 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1956/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:04 → 02:0112:3448 min12:350 min13 Jul
Chicago05:04 → 04:0112:3248 min12:320 min13 Jul
Jersey City06:04 → 05:0112:3848 min12:380 min13 Jul
Port of Spain06:04 → 05:0111:4848 min11:480 min13 Jul
London11:04 → 10:0112:4248 min12:420 min13 Jul
Durban12:04 → 11:0111:3821 min11:380 min13 Jul
Dubai14:04 → 13:0112:000 min12:0048 min14 Jul
Delhi15:34 → 14:3112:030 min12:0348 min14 Jul
Kolkata15:34 → 14:3111:180 min11:1848 min14 Jul
Singapore17:34 → 16:3112:160 min12:1648 min14 Jul
Sydney20:04 → 19:0111:370 min11:3748 min14 Jul
Suva22:04 → 21:0111:480 min11:4848 min14 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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