Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2012

Tuesday 26 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 625 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 26 June

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 27 June

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 01:32 on Tue 26 Jun to 00:18 on Wed 27 Jun.

    2012-06-25T17:32:10Z → 2012-06-26T16:17:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 26th, 11:57–12:45 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 0 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 37489 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2012: Tuesday 26 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2012 falls on Tuesday 26 June. Saptamī runs from 01:32 on Tue 26 Jun to 00:18 on Wed 27 Jun and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2012/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 26 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 26 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 26 Jun
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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:32 → 09:1812:3248 min12:320 min25 Jun
Chicago12:32 → 11:1812:2945 min12:300 min25 Jun
Jersey City13:32 → 12:1812:350 min12:350 min26 Jun
Port of Spain13:32 → 12:1811:450 min11:4533 min26 Jun
London18:32 → 17:1812:390 min12:3948 min26 Jun
Durban19:32 → 18:1811:350 min11:3548 min26 Jun
Dubai21:32 → 20:1811:570 min11:5848 min26 Jun
Delhi23:02 → 21:4812:000 min12:0048 min26 Jun
Kolkata23:02 → 21:4811:150 min11:1548 min26 Jun
Singapore01:32 → 00:1812:430 min12:4348 min26 Jun
Sydney03:32 → 02:1811:340 min11:3448 min26 Jun
Suva05:32 → 04:1811:450 min11:4548 min26 Jun
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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