Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2000

Wednesday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 168 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 Tuesday 29 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 18:19 on Tue 29 Aug to 15:30 on Wed 30 Aug.

    2000-08-29T10:19:17Z → 2000-08-30T07:30:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:54–12:42 on the 30th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 10059 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2000: Wednesday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2000 falls on Wednesday 30 August. Pratipadā runs from 18:19 on Tue 29 Aug to 15:30 on Wed 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 Aug
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/rudra-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāMadhyāhna 29thCoveredMadhyāhna 30thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:19 → 00:3012:2948 min12:290 min29 Aug
Chicago05:19 → 02:3012:2748 min12:270 min29 Aug
Jersey City06:19 → 03:3012:3348 min12:320 min29 Aug
Port of Spain06:19 → 03:3011:4348 min11:420 min29 Aug
London11:19 → 08:3012:3748 min12:360 min29 Aug
Durban12:19 → 09:3011:332 min11:330 min29 Aug
Dubai14:19 → 11:3011:550 min11:550 min30 Aug
Delhi15:49 → 13:0011:580 min11:5748 min30 Aug
Kolkata15:49 → 13:0011:130 min11:1348 min30 Aug
Singapore18:19 → 15:3012:410 min12:4148 min30 Aug
Sydney21:19 → 18:3012:320 min12:3248 min30 Aug
Suva22:19 → 19:3011:430 min11:4348 min30 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rudra-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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