Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 1976

Sunday 11 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 84 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Saturday 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

Late afternoon of Sunday 11 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:48 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:44
16:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

176 of 176 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 22:52 on Sat 10 Jul to 21:09 on Sun 11 Jul.

    1976-07-10T14:51:58Z → 1976-07-11T13:08:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:48–19:45 on the 10th, 16:48–19:44 on the 11th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 177 minutes on the 10th and 176 of 176 on the 11th.

    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 5066 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 1976: Sunday 11 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 1976 falls on Sunday 11 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 22:52 on Sat 10 Jul to 21:09 on Sun 11 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 11 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 11 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 11 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 10thCoveredSāyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:52 → 06:0917:15171 min17:150 min10 Jul
Chicago09:52 → 08:0917:26180 min17:260 min10 Jul
Jersey City10:52 → 09:0917:30179 min17:290 min10 Jul
Port of Spain10:52 → 09:0916:00152 min16:000 min10 Jul
London15:52 → 14:0917:59196 min17:590 min10 Jul
Durban16:52 → 15:0915:0719 min15:081 min10 Jul
Dubai18:52 → 17:0916:2920 min16:2940 min11 Jul
Delhi20:22 → 18:3916:360 min16:36123 min11 Jul
Kolkata20:22 → 18:3915:430 min15:43161 min11 Jul
Singapore22:22 → 20:3916:190 min16:19146 min11 Jul
Sydney00:52 → 23:0915:010 min15:01120 min11 Jul
Suva02:52 → 01:0915:310 min15:32133 min11 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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