Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2044

Tuesday 23 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 170 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 Tuesday 23 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 24 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

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 09:06 on Tue 23 Aug to 06:34 on Wed 24 Aug.

    2044-08-23T01:06:05Z → 2044-08-23T22:33:46Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 0 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 10221 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2044: Tuesday 23 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2044 falls on Tuesday 23 August. Pratipadā runs from 09:06 on Tue 23 Aug to 06:34 on Wed 24 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2044/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 23 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 23 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 23 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:06 → 15:3412:3148 min12:310 min23 Aug
Chicago20:06 → 17:3412:2948 min12:280 min23 Aug
Jersey City21:06 → 18:3412:3448 min12:340 min23 Aug
Port of Spain21:06 → 18:3411:4448 min11:440 min23 Aug
London02:06 → 23:3412:3848 min12:380 min23 Aug
Durban03:06 → 00:3411:3548 min11:340 min23 Aug
Dubai05:06 → 02:3411:5748 min11:570 min23 Aug
Delhi06:36 → 04:0411:5948 min11:590 min23 Aug
Kolkata06:36 → 04:0411:1548 min11:150 min23 Aug
Singapore09:06 → 06:3412:4348 min12:430 min23 Aug
Sydney11:06 → 08:3411:3448 min11:340 min23 Aug
Suva13:06 → 10:3411:450 min11:450 min24 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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