Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 2033

Thursday 5 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 589 minutes.

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 Thursday 5 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

Midday of Friday 6 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 01:07 on Thu 5 May to 02:02 on Fri 6 May.

    2033-05-04T17:06:57Z → 2033-05-05T18:01:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 5th, 11:51–12:39 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 48 of 48 minutes on the 5th and 0 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 35358 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 2033: Thursday 5 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 2033 falls on Thursday 5 May. Saptamī runs from 01:07 on Thu 5 May to 02:02 on Fri 6 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2033/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 5 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 5 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 5 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:07 → 11:0212:2648 min12:260 min4 May
Chicago12:07 → 13:0212:2448 min12:2438 min4 May
Jersey City13:07 → 14:0212:2910 min12:2948 min4 May
Port of Spain13:07 → 14:0211:390 min11:3948 min5 May
London18:07 → 19:0212:340 min12:3448 min5 May
Durban19:07 → 20:0211:290 min11:2848 min5 May
Dubai21:07 → 22:0211:520 min11:5248 min5 May
Delhi22:37 → 23:3211:540 min11:5448 min5 May
Kolkata22:37 → 23:3211:100 min11:0948 min5 May
Singapore01:07 → 02:0212:370 min12:3748 min5 May
Sydney03:07 → 04:0211:280 min11:2848 min5 May
Suva05:07 → 06:0211:390 min11:3948 min5 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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