Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 1992

Tuesday 14 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 322 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Monday 13 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

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

0 of 176 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Tuesday 14 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:47 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:43
16:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

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 01:06 on Tue 14 Jul to 03:06 on Wed 15 Jul.

    1992-07-13T17:05:50Z → 1992-07-14T19:06:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:48–19:44 on the 13th, 16:47–19:43 on the 14th.

    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 176 minutes on the 13th and 176 of 176 on the 14th.

    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 19340 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 1992: Tuesday 14 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 1992 falls on Tuesday 14 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 01:06 on Tue 14 Jul to 03:06 on Wed 15 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 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 13thCoveredSāyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:06 → 12:0617:15171 min17:140 min13 Jul
Chicago12:06 → 14:0617:25179 min17:250 min13 Jul
Jersey City13:06 → 15:0617:29178 min17:290 min13 Jul
Port of Spain13:06 → 15:0616:00152 min16:000 min13 Jul
London18:06 → 20:0617:58187 min17:57129 min13 Jul
Durban19:06 → 21:0615:080 min15:09125 min14 Jul
Dubai21:06 → 23:0616:290 min16:28163 min14 Jul
Delhi22:36 → 00:3616:350 min16:35166 min14 Jul
Kolkata22:36 → 00:3615:430 min15:43161 min14 Jul
Singapore01:06 → 03:0616:500 min16:50146 min14 Jul
Sydney03:06 → 05:0615:020 min15:02121 min14 Jul
Suva05:06 → 07:0615:320 min15:32133 min14 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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