Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Gaṅgā Saptamī) · 2021

Wednesday 19 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 145 minutes.

Decide it for

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

The two middays

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

Midday of Tuesday 18 May

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 19 May

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 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 15:03 on Tue 18 May to 15:21 on Wed 19 May.

    2021-05-18T07:03:21Z → 2021-05-19T07:20:35Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 18th, 11:51–12:39 on the 19th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 8671 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 2021: Wednesday 19 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 2021 falls on Wednesday 19 May. Saptamī runs from 15:03 on Tue 18 May to 15:21 on Wed 19 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2021/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 19 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 19 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 19 May
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/gangotpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 7 Gangotpatti, (madhyahna vyapini, if occurs on two successive days, the first day is to be observed), Jahnu saptami, Sarkara saptami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:03 → 00:2112:2648 min12:260 min18 May
Chicago02:03 → 02:2112:2348 min12:230 min18 May
Jersey City03:03 → 03:2112:2948 min12:290 min18 May
Port of Spain03:03 → 03:2111:3948 min11:390 min18 May
London08:03 → 08:2112:3348 min12:330 min18 May
Durban09:03 → 09:2111:2848 min11:280 min18 May
Dubai11:03 → 11:2111:5148 min11:510 min18 May
Delhi12:33 → 12:5111:548 min11:5448 min18 May
Kolkata12:33 → 12:5111:090 min11:0948 min19 May
Singapore15:03 → 15:2112:370 min12:3748 min19 May
Sydney17:03 → 17:2111:270 min11:2848 min19 May
Suva19:03 → 19:2111:390 min11:3948 min19 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gangotpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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