Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2014

Friday 4 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 280 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 Friday 4 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 Saturday 5 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 05:32 on Fri 4 Jul to 07:19 on Sat 5 Jul.

    2014-07-03T21:31:31Z → 2014-07-04T23:18:30Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 4th, 11:59–12:47 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 0 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 16804 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2014: Friday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2014 falls on Friday 4 July. Saptamī runs from 05:32 on Fri 4 Jul to 07:19 on Sat 5 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 4 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 3rdCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:32 → 16:1912:330 min12:3348 min4 Jul
Chicago16:32 → 18:1912:310 min12:3148 min4 Jul
Jersey City17:32 → 19:1912:360 min12:3748 min4 Jul
Port of Spain17:32 → 19:1911:460 min11:4748 min4 Jul
London22:32 → 00:1912:410 min12:4148 min4 Jul
Durban23:32 → 01:1911:360 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Dubai01:32 → 03:1911:590 min11:5948 min4 Jul
Delhi03:02 → 04:4912:010 min12:0148 min4 Jul
Kolkata03:02 → 04:4911:170 min11:1748 min4 Jul
Singapore05:32 → 07:1912:450 min12:4548 min4 Jul
Sydney07:32 → 09:1911:350 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Suva09:32 → 11:1911:460 min11:4748 min4 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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