Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 2033

Monday 11 July

Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both late afternoons qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.

Decide it for

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The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Monday 11 July

Taken. Both late afternoons qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.

16:48 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:44
Pūrṇimā begins 18:59:33
16:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

45 of 176 minutes covered, the last 45

Late afternoon of Tuesday 12 July

Qualifies with 41 of 176 minutes. Not taken.

16:48 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:44
Pūrṇimā ends 17:28:36
16:2416:4817:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:3620:00

41 of 176 minutes covered, the first 41

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 19:00 on Mon 11 Jul to 17:29 on Tue 12 Jul.

    2033-07-11T10:59:34Z → 2033-07-12T09:28:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:48–19:44 on the 11th, 16:48–19:44 on the 12th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 45 of 176 minutes on the 11th and 41 of 176 on the 12th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both late afternoons qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.

    priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 2444 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2033: Monday 11 July.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2033 falls on Monday 11 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 19:00 on Mon 11 Jul to 17:29 on Tue 12 Jul and covers 45 of 176 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 41 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 12 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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/kokila-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 11thCoveredSāyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:00 → 02:2917:15171 min17:150 min11 Jul
Chicago06:00 → 04:2917:26180 min17:260 min11 Jul
Jersey City07:00 → 05:2917:29178 min17:290 min11 Jul
Port of Spain07:00 → 05:2916:00152 min16:000 min11 Jul
London12:00 → 10:2917:59195 min17:580 min11 Jul
Durban13:00 → 11:2915:08124 min15:080 min11 Jul
Dubai15:00 → 13:2916:29163 min16:290 min11 Jul
Delhi16:30 → 14:5916:36166 min16:360 min11 Jul
Kolkata16:30 → 14:5915:44115 min15:440 min11 Jul
Singapore19:00 → 17:2916:4916 min16:5039 min12 Jul
Sydney21:00 → 19:2915:010 min15:02121 min12 Jul
Suva23:00 → 21:2915:320 min15:32133 min12 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kokila-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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