Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1993

Saturday 26 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 428 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Friday 25 June

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 26 June

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 22:15 on Fri 25 Jun to 19:53 on Sat 26 Jun.

    1993-06-25T14:14:50Z → 1993-06-26T11:52:48Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 25th, 11:57–12:45 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 48 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 25677 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1993: Saturday 26 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1993 falls on Saturday 26 June. Saptamī runs from 22:15 on Fri 25 Jun to 19:53 on Sat 26 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1993/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 26 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 26 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 26 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles07:15 → 04:5312:3248 min12:320 min25 Jun
Chicago09:15 → 06:5312:2948 min12:290 min25 Jun
Jersey City10:15 → 07:5312:3548 min12:350 min25 Jun
Port of Spain10:15 → 07:5311:4548 min11:450 min25 Jun
London15:15 → 12:5312:390 min12:3914 min26 Jun
Durban16:15 → 13:5311:340 min11:3548 min26 Jun
Dubai18:15 → 15:5311:570 min11:5848 min26 Jun
Delhi19:45 → 17:2312:000 min12:0048 min26 Jun
Kolkata19:45 → 17:2311:150 min11:1548 min26 Jun
Singapore22:15 → 19:5312:430 min12:4348 min26 Jun
Sydney00:15 → 21:5311:340 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Suva02:15 → 23:5311:450 min11:4548 min26 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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