Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2022

Wednesday 6 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 552 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 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

Midday of Wednesday 6 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

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 21:59 on Tue 5 Jul to 22:19 on Wed 6 Jul.

    2022-07-05T13:59:02Z → 2022-07-06T14:19:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 5th, 11:59–12:47 on the 6th.

    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 5th and 48 of 48 on the 6th.

    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 33144 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2022: Wednesday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2022 falls on Wednesday 6 July. Saptamī runs from 21:59 on Tue 5 Jul to 22:19 on Wed 6 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2022/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 6 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 5thCoveredMadhyāhna 6thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:59 → 07:1912:3448 min12:340 min5 Jul
Chicago08:59 → 09:1912:3148 min12:310 min5 Jul
Jersey City09:59 → 10:1912:3748 min12:370 min5 Jul
Port of Spain09:59 → 10:1911:4748 min11:470 min5 Jul
London14:59 → 15:1912:410 min12:4148 min6 Jul
Durban15:59 → 16:1911:370 min11:3748 min6 Jul
Dubai17:59 → 18:1911:590 min11:5948 min6 Jul
Delhi19:29 → 19:4912:020 min12:0248 min6 Jul
Kolkata19:29 → 19:4911:170 min11:1748 min6 Jul
Singapore21:59 → 22:1912:450 min12:4548 min6 Jul
Sydney23:59 → 00:1911:360 min11:3648 min6 Jul
Suva01:59 → 02:1911:470 min11:4748 min6 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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