Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2006

Sunday 2 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 2 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 3 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 11:25:30
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 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 08:54 on Sun 2 Jul to 11:26 on Mon 3 Jul.

    2006-07-02T00:53:39Z → 2006-07-03T03:25:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:58–12:46 on the 3rd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 2nd and 0 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 1962 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2006: Sunday 2 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2006 falls on Sunday 2 July. Saptamī runs from 08:54 on Sun 2 Jul to 11:26 on Mon 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 2 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 2 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:54 → 20:2612:3348 min12:330 min2 Jul
Chicago19:54 → 22:2612:3148 min12:310 min2 Jul
Jersey City20:54 → 23:2612:3648 min12:360 min2 Jul
Port of Spain20:54 → 23:2611:4648 min11:460 min2 Jul
London01:54 → 04:2612:4048 min12:410 min2 Jul
Durban02:54 → 05:2611:3648 min11:360 min2 Jul
Dubai04:54 → 07:2611:5948 min11:590 min2 Jul
Delhi06:24 → 08:5612:0148 min12:010 min2 Jul
Kolkata06:24 → 08:5611:1648 min11:170 min2 Jul
Singapore08:54 → 11:2612:4548 min12:450 min2 Jul
Sydney10:54 → 13:2611:3548 min11:3548 min2 Jul
Suva12:54 → 15:2611:460 min11:4648 min3 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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