Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Gaṅgā Saptamī) · 1982

Thursday 29 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 56 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 29 April

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 30 April

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

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 10:55 on Thu 29 Apr to 08:57 on Fri 30 Apr.

    1982-04-29T02:55:29Z → 1982-04-30T00:56:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 29th, 11:52–12:40 on the 30th.

    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 29th and 0 of 48 on the 30th.

    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 3384 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 1982: Thursday 29 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 1982 falls on Thursday 29 April. Saptamī runs from 10:55 on Thu 29 Apr to 08:57 on Fri 30 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 29 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 29 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 29 Apr
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/gangotpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 7 Gangotpatti, (madhyahna vyapini, if occurs on two successive days, the first day is to be observed), Jahnu saptami, Sarkara saptami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:55 → 17:5712:2748 min12:260 min29 Apr
Chicago21:55 → 19:5712:2448 min12:240 min29 Apr
Jersey City22:55 → 20:5712:3048 min12:300 min29 Apr
Port of Spain22:55 → 20:5711:3948 min11:390 min29 Apr
London03:55 → 01:5712:3448 min12:340 min29 Apr
Durban04:55 → 02:5711:2948 min11:290 min29 Apr
Dubai06:55 → 04:5711:5248 min11:520 min29 Apr
Delhi08:25 → 06:2711:5548 min11:550 min29 Apr
Kolkata08:25 → 06:2711:1048 min11:100 min29 Apr
Singapore10:55 → 08:5712:3848 min12:380 min29 Apr
Sydney12:55 → 10:5711:280 min11:280 min30 Apr
Suva14:55 → 12:5711:400 min11:3948 min30 Apr
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gangotpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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