Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 1996

Tuesday 23 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 10 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 Monday 22 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 12:58:23
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 23 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 12:58 on Mon 22 Jul to 13:43 on Tue 23 Jul.

    1996-07-22T04:58:24Z → 1996-07-23T05:43:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 22nd, 12:00–12:48 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 604 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 1996: Tuesday 23 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 1996 falls on Tuesday 23 July. Saptamī runs from 12:58 on Mon 22 Jul to 13:43 on Tue 23 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1996/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 22 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/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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:58 → 22:4312:3548 min12:350 min22 Jul
Chicago23:58 → 00:4312:3348 min12:330 min22 Jul
Jersey City00:58 → 01:4312:3848 min12:390 min22 Jul
Port of Spain00:58 → 01:4311:4848 min11:480 min22 Jul
London05:58 → 06:4312:4248 min12:430 min22 Jul
Durban06:58 → 07:4311:3848 min11:380 min22 Jul
Dubai08:58 → 09:4312:0148 min12:010 min22 Jul
Delhi10:28 → 11:1312:0348 min12:030 min22 Jul
Kolkata10:28 → 11:1311:1948 min11:190 min22 Jul
Singapore12:58 → 13:4312:4737 min12:4748 min22 Jul
Sydney14:58 → 15:4311:380 min11:3848 min23 Jul
Suva16:58 → 17:4311:490 min11:4948 min23 Jul
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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