Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1962

Monday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 199 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 Sunday 8 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 16:06 on Sun 8 Jul to 18:31 on Mon 9 Jul.

    1962-07-08T08:06:12Z → 1962-07-09T10:30:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 11961 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1962: Monday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1962 falls on Monday 9 July. Saptamī runs from 16:06 on Sun 8 Jul to 18:31 on Mon 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1962/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:06 → 03:3112:3448 min12:340 min8 Jul
Chicago03:06 → 05:3112:3148 min12:320 min8 Jul
Jersey City04:06 → 06:3112:3748 min12:370 min8 Jul
Port of Spain04:06 → 06:3111:4748 min11:470 min8 Jul
London09:06 → 11:3112:4148 min12:410 min8 Jul
Durban10:06 → 12:3111:3748 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Dubai12:06 → 14:3112:0041 min12:0048 min8 Jul
Delhi13:36 → 16:0112:020 min12:0248 min9 Jul
Kolkata13:36 → 16:0111:170 min11:1748 min9 Jul
Singapore15:36 → 18:0112:150 min12:1648 min9 Jul
Sydney18:06 → 20:3111:360 min11:3648 min9 Jul
Suva20:06 → 22:3111:470 min11:4748 min9 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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