Late afternoon of Monday 6 July
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
16:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:46
16:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01
177 of 177 minutes covered
Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 2009
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Monday 6 July
Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
177 of 177 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Tuesday 7 July
Qualifies with 33 of 177 minutes. Not taken.
33 of 177 minutes covered, the first 33
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 14:53 on Mon 6 Jul to 17:21 on Tue 7 Jul.
2009-07-06T06:52:39Z → 2009-07-07T09:21:25Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:49–19:46 on the 6th, 16:49–19:46 on the 7th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 177 of 177 minutes on the 6th and 33 of 177 on the 7th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 1963 s
Ruling
Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2009: Monday 6 July.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2009 falls on Monday 6 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 14:53 on Mon 6 Jul to 17:21 on Tue 7 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 33 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Mon 6 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Mon 6 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Mon 6 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/kokila-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 6th | Covered | Sāyāhna 7th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 23:53 → 02:21 | 17:16 | 172 min | 17:15 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Chicago | 01:53 → 04:21 | 17:27 | 181 min | 17:27 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Jersey City | 02:53 → 05:21 | 17:30 | 180 min | 17:30 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 02:53 → 05:21 | 16:00 | 153 min | 16:00 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| London | 07:53 → 10:21 | 18:01 | 197 min | 18:01 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Durban | 08:53 → 11:21 | 15:06 | 123 min | 15:06 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Dubai | 10:53 → 13:21 | 16:29 | 164 min | 16:29 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Delhi | 12:23 → 14:51 | 16:36 | 167 min | 16:36 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Kolkata | 12:23 → 14:51 | 15:43 | 161 min | 15:44 | 0 min | 6 Jul |
| Singapore | 14:53 → 17:21 | 16:49 | 146 min | 16:49 | 33 min | 6 Jul |
| Sydney | 16:53 → 19:21 | 14:59 | 6 min | 15:00 | 120 min | 7 Jul |
| Suva | 18:53 → 21:21 | 15:30 | 0 min | 15:31 | 133 min | 7 Jul |