Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2038

Friday 9 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Thursday 8 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 9 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 13:08:06
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 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 15:15 on Thu 8 Jul to 13:08 on Fri 9 Jul.

    2038-07-08T07:15:11Z → 2038-07-09T05:08:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 8th, 11:59–12:47 on the 9th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 8th and 48 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 1249 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2038: Friday 9 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2038 falls on Friday 9 July. Saptamī runs from 15:15 on Thu 8 Jul to 13:08 on Fri 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2038/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 9 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 9 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 9 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 8thCoveredMadhyāhna 9thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:15 → 22:0812:3448 min12:340 min8 Jul
Chicago02:15 → 00:0812:3248 min12:320 min8 Jul
Jersey City03:15 → 01:0812:3748 min12:380 min8 Jul
Port of Spain03:15 → 01:0811:4748 min11:470 min8 Jul
London08:15 → 06:0812:4148 min12:420 min8 Jul
Durban09:15 → 07:0811:3748 min11:370 min8 Jul
Dubai11:15 → 09:0812:0048 min12:000 min8 Jul
Delhi12:45 → 10:3812:025 min12:020 min8 Jul
Kolkata12:45 → 10:3811:180 min11:180 min9 Jul
Singapore15:15 → 13:0812:460 min12:4622 min9 Jul
Sydney17:15 → 15:0811:360 min11:3748 min9 Jul
Suva19:15 → 17:0811:470 min11:4848 min9 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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