Evening of Wednesday 3 July
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
19:47 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:00
19:2319:4720:1120:3520:5921:2321:47
73 of 73 minutes covered
Ruling · Śiva Śayanotsava · 1974
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Wednesday 3 July
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
73 of 73 minutes covered
Evening of Thursday 4 July
Qualifies with 54 of 74 minutes. Not taken.
54 of 74 minutes covered, the first 54
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 18:34 on Wed 3 Jul to 20:40 on Thu 4 Jul.
1974-07-03T10:34:04Z → 1974-07-04T12:40:18Z
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:47–21:00 on the 3rd, 19:47–21:00 on the 4th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 73 of 73 minutes on the 3rd and 54 of 74 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1196 s
Ruling
Śiva Śayanotsava, Baoding, 1974: Wednesday 3 July.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Śiva Śayanotsava 1974 falls on Wednesday 3 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 18:34 on Wed 3 Jul to 20:40 on Thu 4 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the next evening for 54 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Wed 3 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Wed 3 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Wed 3 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shiva-shayanotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sunset 3rd | Covered | Sunset 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 03:34 → 05:40 | 20:08 | 77 min | 20:08 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Chicago | 05:34 → 07:40 | 20:29 | 71 min | 20:29 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Jersey City | 06:34 → 08:40 | 20:31 | 72 min | 20:31 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 06:34 → 08:40 | 18:32 | 90 min | 18:32 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| London | 11:34 → 13:40 | 21:20 | 60 min | 21:19 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Durban | 12:34 → 14:40 | 17:08 | 110 min | 17:08 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Dubai | 14:34 → 16:40 | 19:12 | 83 min | 19:12 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Delhi | 16:04 → 18:10 | 19:23 | 81 min | 19:23 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Kolkata | 16:04 → 18:10 | 18:25 | 84 min | 18:25 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Singapore | 18:04 → 20:10 | 18:44 | 95 min | 18:44 | 86 min | 3 Jul |
| Sydney | 20:34 → 22:40 | 16:57 | 0 min | 16:58 | 112 min | 4 Jul |
| Suva | 22:34 → 00:40 | 17:42 | 0 min | 17:42 | 104 min | 4 Jul |