Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2034

Saturday 22 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 603 minutes.

Decide it for

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 Saturday 22 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 23 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 23:59 on Fri 21 Jul to 01:57 on Sun 23 Jul.

    2034-07-21T15:58:33Z → 2034-07-22T17:57:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 22nd, 12:00–12:48 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 36204 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2034: Saturday 22 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2034 falls on Saturday 22 July. Saptamī runs from 23:59 on Fri 21 Jul to 01:57 on Sun 23 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2034/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:59 → 10:5712:3548 min12:350 min21 Jul
Chicago10:59 → 12:5712:3348 min12:3324 min21 Jul
Jersey City11:59 → 13:5712:3948 min12:3948 min21 Jul
Port of Spain11:59 → 13:5711:4938 min11:4948 min21 Jul
London16:59 → 18:5712:430 min12:4348 min22 Jul
Durban17:59 → 19:5711:380 min11:3948 min22 Jul
Dubai19:59 → 21:5712:010 min12:0148 min22 Jul
Delhi21:29 → 23:2712:030 min12:0348 min22 Jul
Kolkata21:29 → 23:2711:190 min11:1948 min22 Jul
Singapore23:59 → 01:5712:470 min12:4748 min22 Jul
Sydney01:59 → 03:5711:380 min11:3848 min22 Jul
Suva03:59 → 05:5711:490 min11:4948 min22 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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