Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2028

Monday 21 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 135 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 Sunday 20 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 21 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 18:44 on Sun 20 Aug to 14:59 on Mon 21 Aug.

    2028-08-20T10:43:52Z → 2028-08-21T06:59:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 48 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 8074 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2028: Monday 21 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2028 falls on Monday 21 August. Pratipadā runs from 18:44 on Sun 20 Aug to 14:59 on Mon 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2028/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 21 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 21 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 21 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 20thCoveredMadhyāhna 21stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles03:44 → 23:5912:3248 min12:320 min20 Aug
Chicago05:44 → 01:5912:2948 min12:290 min20 Aug
Jersey City06:44 → 02:5912:3548 min12:350 min20 Aug
Port of Spain06:44 → 02:5911:4548 min11:450 min20 Aug
London11:44 → 07:5912:3948 min12:390 min20 Aug
Durban12:44 → 08:5911:350 min11:350 min21 Aug
Dubai14:44 → 10:5911:580 min11:580 min21 Aug
Delhi16:14 → 12:2912:000 min12:0030 min21 Aug
Kolkata16:14 → 12:2911:160 min11:1548 min21 Aug
Singapore18:44 → 14:5912:440 min12:4448 min21 Aug
Sydney20:44 → 16:5911:350 min11:3548 min21 Aug
Suva22:44 → 18:5911:460 min11:4648 min21 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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