Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1968

Tuesday 2 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 102 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 Tuesday 2 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 3 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 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 10:16 on Tue 2 Jul to 09:21 on Wed 3 Jul.

    1968-07-02T02:16:13Z → 1968-07-03T01:20:59Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 6104 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1968: Tuesday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1968 falls on Tuesday 2 July. Saptamī runs from 10:16 on Tue 2 Jul to 09:21 on Wed 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1968/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:16 → 18:2112:3348 min12:330 min2 Jul
Chicago21:16 → 20:2112:3048 min12:310 min2 Jul
Jersey City22:16 → 21:2112:3648 min12:360 min2 Jul
Port of Spain22:16 → 21:2111:4648 min11:460 min2 Jul
London03:16 → 02:2112:4048 min12:400 min2 Jul
Durban04:16 → 03:2111:3648 min11:360 min2 Jul
Dubai06:16 → 05:2111:5948 min11:590 min2 Jul
Delhi07:46 → 06:5112:0148 min12:010 min2 Jul
Kolkata07:46 → 06:5111:1648 min11:170 min2 Jul
Singapore09:46 → 08:5112:1548 min12:150 min2 Jul
Sydney12:16 → 11:2111:357 min11:350 min2 Jul
Suva14:16 → 13:2111:460 min11:4648 min3 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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