Ruling · Sampat Gaurī Vrata · 1972

Sunday 28 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 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 Saturday 27 May

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 28 May

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the second.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
Pūrṇimā ends 12:27:36
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

36 of 48 minutes covered, the first 36

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 10:17 on Sat 27 May to 12:28 on Sun 28 May.

    1972-05-27T02:16:38Z → 1972-05-28T04:27:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 27th, 11:52–12:40 on the 28th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 36 of 48 on the 28th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Paraviddhā: the second is taken.

    priority: paraviddha → paraviddha · margin 715 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sampat Gaurī Vrata, Baoding, 1972: Sunday 28 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Sampat Gaurī Vrata 1972 falls on Sunday 28 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 10:17 on Sat 27 May to 12:28 on Sun 28 May and covers 36 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the previous midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the second midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/sampat-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 28 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 28 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 28 May
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/sampat-gauri-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:17 → 21:2812:2648 min12:260 min27 May
Chicago21:17 → 23:2812:2448 min12:240 min27 May
Jersey City22:17 → 00:2812:3048 min12:300 min27 May
Port of Spain22:17 → 00:2811:3948 min11:390 min27 May
London03:17 → 05:2812:3448 min12:340 min27 May
Durban04:17 → 06:2811:2948 min11:290 min27 May
Dubai06:17 → 08:2811:5248 min11:520 min27 May
Delhi07:47 → 09:5811:5448 min11:540 min27 May
Kolkata07:47 → 09:5811:1048 min11:100 min27 May
Singapore09:47 → 11:5812:0848 min12:080 min27 May
Sydney12:17 → 14:2811:280 min11:2848 min28 May
Suva14:17 → 16:2811:390 min11:3948 min28 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
sampat-gauri-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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