Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 2014

Saturday 12 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 minutes.

Decide it for

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38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Friday 11 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:48 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:45
16:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

0 of 176 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Saturday 12 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:48 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:44
Pūrṇimā ends 19:24:54
16:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

157 of 176 minutes covered, the first 157

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 23:03 on Fri 11 Jul to 19:25 on Sat 12 Jul.

    2014-07-11T15:03:19Z → 2014-07-12T11:24:55Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:48–19:45 on the 11th, 16:48–19:44 on the 12th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 176 minutes on the 11th and 157 of 176 on the 12th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 1155 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2014: Saturday 12 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2014 falls on Saturday 12 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 23:03 on Fri 11 Jul to 19:25 on Sat 12 Jul and covers 157 of 176 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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/kokila-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“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.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 11thCoveredSāyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:03 → 04:2517:15171 min17:150 min11 Jul
Chicago10:03 → 06:2517:26180 min17:260 min11 Jul
Jersey City11:03 → 07:2517:30179 min17:290 min11 Jul
Port of Spain11:03 → 07:2516:00152 min16:000 min11 Jul
London16:03 → 12:2517:59196 min17:590 min11 Jul
Durban17:03 → 13:2515:088 min15:080 min11 Jul
Dubai19:03 → 15:2516:298 min16:290 min11 Jul
Delhi20:33 → 16:5516:360 min16:3619 min12 Jul
Kolkata20:33 → 16:5515:440 min15:4371 min12 Jul
Singapore23:03 → 19:2516:490 min16:49146 min12 Jul
Sydney01:03 → 21:2515:010 min15:02121 min12 Jul
Suva03:03 → 23:2515:320 min15:32133 min12 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kokila-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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