Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1973

Friday 6 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 449 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 Friday 6 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

Midday of Saturday 7 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 04:29 on Fri 6 Jul to 04:15 on Sat 7 Jul.

    1973-07-05T20:29:08Z → 1973-07-06T20:15:09Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 6th, 11:59–12:47 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 26969 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1973: Friday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1973 falls on Friday 6 July. Saptamī runs from 04:29 on Fri 6 Jul to 04:15 on Sat 7 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1973/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:29 → 13:1512:330 min12:3442 min6 Jul
Chicago15:29 → 15:1512:310 min12:3148 min6 Jul
Jersey City16:29 → 16:1512:370 min12:3748 min6 Jul
Port of Spain16:29 → 16:1511:470 min11:4748 min6 Jul
London21:29 → 21:1512:410 min12:4148 min6 Jul
Durban22:29 → 22:1511:360 min11:3748 min6 Jul
Dubai00:29 → 00:1511:590 min11:5948 min6 Jul
Delhi01:59 → 01:4512:010 min12:0248 min6 Jul
Kolkata01:59 → 01:4511:170 min11:1748 min6 Jul
Singapore03:59 → 03:4512:150 min12:1548 min6 Jul
Sydney06:29 → 06:1511:360 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Suva08:29 → 08:1511:470 min11:4748 min6 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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