Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1977

Thursday 23 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 140 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 Thursday 23 June

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 24 June

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 09:36 on Thu 23 Jun to 09:10 on Fri 24 Jun.

    1977-06-23T01:36:04Z → 1977-06-24T01:10:10Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 8407 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1977: Thursday 23 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1977 falls on Thursday 23 June. Saptamī runs from 09:36 on Thu 23 Jun to 09:10 on Fri 24 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1977/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 Jun
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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:36 → 18:1012:3148 min12:310 min23 Jun
Chicago20:36 → 20:1012:2948 min12:290 min23 Jun
Jersey City21:36 → 21:1012:3448 min12:350 min23 Jun
Port of Spain21:36 → 21:1011:4448 min11:440 min23 Jun
London02:36 → 02:1012:3948 min12:390 min23 Jun
Durban03:36 → 03:1011:3448 min11:340 min23 Jun
Dubai05:36 → 05:1011:5748 min11:570 min23 Jun
Delhi07:06 → 06:4011:5948 min11:590 min23 Jun
Kolkata07:06 → 06:4011:1548 min11:150 min23 Jun
Singapore09:06 → 08:4012:1348 min12:130 min23 Jun
Sydney11:36 → 11:1011:3345 min11:330 min23 Jun
Suva13:36 → 13:1011:440 min11:4548 min24 Jun
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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