Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2032

Wednesday 14 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. A threshold is only 4 min 30 s away. Say “contested”.

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 Wednesday 14 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 11:55:25
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 15 July

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 11:55 on Wed 14 Jul to 13:48 on Thu 15 Jul.

    2032-07-14T03:55:25Z → 2032-07-15T05:48:16Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 14th, 12:00–12:48 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 270 s < 300 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2032: Wednesday 14 July.

    confidence: boundary (margin)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2032 falls on Wednesday 14 July. Saptamī runs from 11:55 on Wed 14 Jul to 13:48 on Thu 15 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken. It is 4 min 30 s from a threshold: treat the date as contested.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2032/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 14 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 14 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 14 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:55 → 22:4812:3548 min12:350 min14 Jul
Chicago22:55 → 00:4812:3248 min12:320 min14 Jul
Jersey City23:55 → 01:4812:3848 min12:380 min14 Jul
Port of Spain23:55 → 01:4811:4848 min11:480 min14 Jul
London04:55 → 06:4812:4248 min12:420 min14 Jul
Durban05:55 → 07:4811:3848 min11:380 min14 Jul
Dubai07:55 → 09:4812:0148 min12:010 min14 Jul
Delhi09:25 → 11:1812:0348 min12:030 min14 Jul
Kolkata09:25 → 11:1811:1848 min11:190 min14 Jul
Singapore11:55 → 13:4812:4748 min12:4748 min14 Jul
Sydney13:55 → 15:4811:370 min11:3748 min15 Jul
Suva15:55 → 17:4811:480 min11:4848 min15 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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