Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 2035

Thursday 19 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 Thursday 19 July

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

16:46 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:40
Pūrṇimā begins 16:26:57
16:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:58

174 of 174 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Friday 20 July

Qualifies with 111 of 174 minutes. Not taken.

16:46 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:40
Pūrṇimā ends 18:36:54
16:2216:4617:1017:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:58

111 of 174 minutes covered, the first 111

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 16:27 on Thu 19 Jul to 18:37 on Fri 20 Jul.

    2035-07-19T08:26:57Z → 2035-07-20T10:36:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:46–19:40 on the 19th, 16:46–19:40 on the 20th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 174 of 174 minutes on the 19th and 111 of 174 on the 20th.

    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 1142 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2035: Thursday 19 July.

    confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2035 falls on Thursday 19 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 16:27 on Thu 19 Jul to 18:37 on Fri 20 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon. It also reaches the next late afternoon for 111 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/2035/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 19thCoveredSāyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:27 → 03:3717:13169 min17:130 min19 Jul
Chicago03:27 → 05:3717:23178 min17:230 min19 Jul
Jersey City04:27 → 06:3717:27176 min17:270 min19 Jul
Port of Spain04:27 → 06:3716:00152 min16:000 min19 Jul
London09:27 → 11:3717:55192 min17:540 min19 Jul
Durban10:27 → 12:3715:10125 min15:110 min19 Jul
Dubai12:27 → 14:3716:28162 min16:280 min19 Jul
Delhi13:57 → 16:0716:34165 min16:340 min19 Jul
Kolkata13:57 → 16:0715:43160 min15:4324 min19 Jul
Singapore16:27 → 18:3716:50146 min16:50107 min19 Jul
Sydney18:27 → 20:3715:050 min15:05122 min20 Jul
Suva20:27 → 22:3715:340 min15:34134 min20 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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