Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1976

Sunday 4 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 105 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 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

Midday of Sunday 4 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 16:29 on Sat 3 Jul to 14:31 on Sun 4 Jul.

    1976-07-03T08:28:52Z → 1976-07-04T06:30:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd, 11:58–12:46 on the 4th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 3rd and 48 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 6270 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1976: Sunday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1976 falls on Sunday 4 July. Saptamī runs from 16:29 on Sat 3 Jul to 14:31 on Sun 4 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1976/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:29 → 23:3112:3348 min12:330 min3 Jul
Chicago03:29 → 01:3112:3148 min12:310 min3 Jul
Jersey City04:29 → 02:3112:3648 min12:370 min3 Jul
Port of Spain04:29 → 02:3111:4648 min11:460 min3 Jul
London09:29 → 07:3112:4048 min12:410 min3 Jul
Durban10:29 → 08:3111:3648 min11:360 min3 Jul
Dubai12:29 → 10:3111:5918 min11:590 min3 Jul
Delhi13:59 → 12:0112:010 min12:010 min4 Jul
Kolkata13:59 → 12:0111:170 min11:1744 min4 Jul
Singapore15:59 → 14:0112:150 min12:1548 min4 Jul
Sydney18:29 → 16:3111:350 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Suva20:29 → 18:3111:460 min11:4748 min4 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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