Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2003

Sunday 6 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 642 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Saturday 5 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 6 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 01:06 on Sun 6 Jul to 23:28 on Sun 6 Jul.

    2003-07-05T17:05:30Z → 2003-07-06T15:28:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 5th, 11:59–12:47 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 38495 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2003: Sunday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2003 falls on Sunday 6 July. Saptamī runs from 01:06 on Sun 6 Jul to 23:28 on Sun 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:06 → 08:2812:3348 min12:340 min5 Jul
Chicago12:06 → 10:2812:3148 min12:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City13:06 → 11:2812:3719 min12:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain13:06 → 11:2811:470 min11:470 min6 Jul
London18:06 → 16:2812:410 min12:4148 min6 Jul
Durban19:06 → 17:2811:360 min11:3748 min6 Jul
Dubai21:06 → 19:2811:590 min11:5948 min6 Jul
Delhi22:36 → 20:5812:010 min12:0248 min6 Jul
Kolkata22:36 → 20:5811:170 min11:1748 min6 Jul
Singapore01:06 → 23:2812:450 min12:4548 min6 Jul
Sydney03:06 → 01:2811:360 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Suva05:06 → 03:2811:470 min11:4748 min6 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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