Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2039

Saturday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 427 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 20 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 21 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 04:51 on Sat 20 Aug to 04:38 on Sun 21 Aug.

    2039-08-19T20:50:36Z → 2039-08-20T20:37:41Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 25607 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2039: Saturday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2039 falls on Saturday 20 August. Pratipadā runs from 04:51 on Sat 20 Aug to 04:38 on Sun 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2039/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 20 Aug
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/rudra-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:51 → 13:3812:320 min12:3248 min20 Aug
Chicago15:51 → 15:3812:300 min12:3048 min20 Aug
Jersey City16:51 → 16:3812:360 min12:3548 min20 Aug
Port of Spain16:51 → 16:3811:460 min11:4548 min20 Aug
London21:51 → 21:3812:400 min12:3948 min20 Aug
Durban22:51 → 22:3811:360 min11:3648 min20 Aug
Dubai00:51 → 00:3811:580 min11:5848 min20 Aug
Delhi02:21 → 02:0812:010 min12:0048 min20 Aug
Kolkata02:21 → 02:0811:160 min11:1648 min20 Aug
Singapore04:51 → 04:3812:440 min12:4448 min20 Aug
Sydney06:51 → 06:3811:350 min11:3548 min20 Aug
Suva08:51 → 08:3811:460 min11:4648 min20 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rudra-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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