Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2022

Sunday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 214 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 Saturday 27 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 28 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 16:17 on Sat 27 Aug to 17:16 on Sun 28 Aug.

    2022-08-27T08:17:08Z → 2022-08-28T09:15:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 27th, 11:55–12:43 on the 28th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 27th and 48 of 48 on the 28th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 12820 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2022: Sunday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2022 falls on Sunday 28 August. Pratipadā runs from 16:17 on Sat 27 Aug to 17:16 on Sun 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 28 Aug
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/rudra-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāMadhyāhna 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:17 → 02:1612:3048 min12:300 min27 Aug
Chicago03:17 → 04:1612:2848 min12:270 min27 Aug
Jersey City04:17 → 05:1612:3348 min12:330 min27 Aug
Port of Spain04:17 → 05:1611:4448 min11:430 min27 Aug
London09:17 → 10:1612:3848 min12:370 min27 Aug
Durban10:17 → 11:1611:3448 min11:330 min27 Aug
Dubai12:17 → 13:1611:5627 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi13:47 → 14:4611:580 min11:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata13:47 → 14:4611:140 min11:1448 min28 Aug
Singapore16:17 → 17:1612:420 min12:4248 min28 Aug
Sydney18:17 → 19:1611:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Suva20:17 → 21:1611:440 min11:4448 min28 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rudra-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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