Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 1986

Monday 21 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 59 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Sunday 20 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

17:46 sāyāhna beginssunset 20:40
17:2217:4618:1018:3418:5819:2219:4620:1020:3420:58

0 of 174 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Monday 21 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

17:45 sāyāhna beginssunset 20:39
Pūrṇimā ends 19:40:12
17:2117:4518:0918:3318:5719:2119:4520:0920:3320:57

115 of 174 minutes covered, the first 115

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 23:04 on Sun 20 Jul to 19:40 on Mon 21 Jul.

    1986-07-20T14:03:33Z → 1986-07-21T10:40:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 17:46–20:40 on the 20th, 17:45–20:39 on the 21st.

    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 174 minutes on the 20th and 115 of 174 on the 21st.

    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 3533 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 1986: Monday 21 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 1986 falls on Monday 21 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:04 on Sun 20 Jul to 19:40 on Mon 21 Jul and covers 115 of 174 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1986/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 21 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 21 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 21 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 20thCoveredSāyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:04 → 03:4017:13169 min17:130 min20 Jul
Chicago09:04 → 05:4017:23177 min17:220 min20 Jul
Jersey City10:04 → 06:4017:27176 min17:260 min20 Jul
Port of Spain10:04 → 06:4016:00152 min16:000 min20 Jul
London15:04 → 11:4017:54192 min17:530 min20 Jul
Durban16:04 → 12:4015:1173 min15:110 min20 Jul
Dubai18:04 → 14:4016:2866 min16:270 min20 Jul
Delhi19:34 → 16:1016:340 min16:340 min20 Jul
Kolkata19:34 → 16:1015:430 min15:4228 min21 Jul
Singapore22:04 → 18:4016:500 min16:50110 min21 Jul
Sydney00:04 → 20:4015:050 min15:05122 min21 Jul
Suva02:04 → 22:4015:340 min15:34134 min21 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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