Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2006

Thursday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 381 minutes.

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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 Thursday 24 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 25 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 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 03:10 on Thu 24 Aug to 05:35 on Fri 25 Aug.

    2006-08-23T19:09:46Z → 2006-08-24T21:34:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 24th, 11:56–12:44 on the 25th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 22867 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2006: Thursday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2006 falls on Thursday 24 August. Pratipadā runs from 03:10 on Thu 24 Aug to 05:35 on Fri 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:10 → 14:3512:3148 min12:3148 min23 Aug
Chicago14:10 → 16:3512:290 min12:2948 min24 Aug
Jersey City15:10 → 17:3512:350 min12:3448 min24 Aug
Port of Spain15:10 → 17:3511:450 min11:4448 min24 Aug
London20:10 → 22:3512:390 min12:3848 min24 Aug
Durban21:10 → 23:3511:350 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Dubai23:10 → 01:3511:570 min11:5748 min24 Aug
Delhi00:40 → 03:0512:000 min11:5948 min24 Aug
Kolkata00:40 → 03:0511:150 min11:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore03:10 → 05:3512:430 min12:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney05:10 → 07:3511:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva07:10 → 09:3511:450 min11:4548 min24 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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