Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 1968

Tuesday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 133 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Tuesday 9 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:48 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:45
16:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

177 of 177 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Wednesday 10 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:48 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:45
16:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

0 of 177 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 14:35 on Tue 9 Jul to 11:18 on Wed 10 Jul.

    1968-07-09T06:35:19Z → 1968-07-10T03:17:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:48–19:45 on the 9th, 16:48–19:45 on the 10th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 177 of 177 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 177 on the 10th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 7983 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 1968: Tuesday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 1968 falls on Tuesday 9 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:35 on Tue 9 Jul to 11:18 on Wed 10 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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/kokila-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 9thCoveredSāyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:35 → 20:1817:15171 min17:150 min9 Jul
Chicago01:35 → 22:1817:26180 min17:260 min9 Jul
Jersey City02:35 → 23:1817:30179 min17:300 min9 Jul
Port of Spain02:35 → 23:1816:00152 min16:000 min9 Jul
London07:35 → 04:1818:00196 min17:590 min9 Jul
Durban08:35 → 05:1815:07124 min15:070 min9 Jul
Dubai10:35 → 07:1816:29163 min16:290 min9 Jul
Delhi12:05 → 08:4816:36166 min16:360 min9 Jul
Kolkata12:05 → 08:4815:43161 min15:430 min9 Jul
Singapore14:05 → 10:4816:19146 min16:190 min9 Jul
Sydney16:35 → 13:1815:0025 min15:010 min9 Jul
Suva18:35 → 15:1815:310 min15:310 min9 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kokila-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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