Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1963

Friday 28 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 78 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 Thursday 27 June

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 28 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 14:03 on Thu 27 Jun to 15:29 on Fri 28 Jun.

    1963-06-27T06:02:52Z → 1963-06-28T07:28:40Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 27th, 11:57–12:45 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 4681 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1963: Friday 28 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1963 falls on Friday 28 June. Saptamī runs from 14:03 on Thu 27 Jun to 15:29 on Fri 28 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1963/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 28 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 28 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:03 → 00:2912:3248 min12:320 min27 Jun
Chicago01:03 → 02:2912:2948 min12:300 min27 Jun
Jersey City02:03 → 03:2912:3548 min12:350 min27 Jun
Port of Spain02:03 → 03:2911:4548 min11:450 min27 Jun
London07:03 → 08:2912:3948 min12:390 min27 Jun
Durban08:03 → 09:2911:3548 min11:350 min27 Jun
Dubai10:03 → 11:2911:5848 min11:580 min27 Jun
Delhi11:33 → 12:5912:0048 min12:0048 min27 Jun
Kolkata11:33 → 12:5911:1530 min11:1648 min27 Jun
Singapore13:33 → 14:5912:130 min12:1448 min28 Jun
Sydney16:03 → 17:2911:340 min11:3448 min28 Jun
Suva18:03 → 19:2911:450 min11:4548 min28 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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