Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 2037

Wednesday 22 April

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 641 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Wednesday 22 April

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 23 April

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 01:12 on Wed 22 Apr to 23:58 on Wed 22 Apr.

    2037-04-21T17:12:13Z → 2037-04-22T15:58:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 22nd, 11:53–12:41 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 38447 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 2037: Wednesday 22 April.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 2037 falls on Wednesday 22 April. Saptamī runs from 01:12 on Wed 22 Apr to 23:58 on Wed 22 Apr and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2037/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 22 Apr
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 22 Apr
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 22 Apr
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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:12 → 08:5812:2848 min12:280 min21 Apr
Chicago12:12 → 10:5812:2648 min12:250 min21 Apr
Jersey City13:12 → 11:5812:317 min12:310 min21 Apr
Port of Spain13:12 → 11:5811:410 min11:4118 min22 Apr
London18:12 → 16:5812:360 min12:3648 min22 Apr
Durban19:12 → 17:5811:300 min11:3048 min22 Apr
Dubai21:12 → 19:5811:540 min11:5348 min22 Apr
Delhi22:42 → 21:2811:560 min11:5648 min22 Apr
Kolkata22:42 → 21:2811:110 min11:1148 min22 Apr
Singapore01:12 → 23:5812:390 min12:3948 min22 Apr
Sydney03:12 → 01:5811:300 min11:2948 min22 Apr
Suva05:12 → 03:5811:410 min11:4148 min22 Apr
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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