Ruling · Śiva Śayanotsava · 2046

Tuesday 17 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 646 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Tuesday 17 July

Taken. The only evening Pūrṇimā reaches.

19:42 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:57
19:1819:4220:0620:3020:5421:1821:42

75 of 75 minutes covered

Evening of Wednesday 18 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

19:41 sunsetpradoṣa ends 20:57
19:1719:4120:0520:2920:5321:1721:41

0 of 76 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 08:29 on Tue 17 Jul to 08:55 on Wed 18 Jul.

    2046-07-17T00:28:37Z → 2046-07-18T00:55:08Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:42–20:57 on the 17th, 19:41–20:57 on the 18th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 75 of 75 minutes on the 17th and 0 of 76 on the 18th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

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

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 38747 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śiva Śayanotsava, Baoding, 2046: Tuesday 17 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śiva Śayanotsava 2046 falls on Tuesday 17 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 08:29 on Tue 17 Jul to 08:55 on Wed 18 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2046/shiva-shayanotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 17 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 17 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 17 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/shiva-shayanotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Pradoṣa
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.

PlacePūrṇimāSunset 17thCoveredSunset 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:29 → 17:5520:040 min20:030 min16 Jul
Chicago19:29 → 19:5520:220 min20:220 min16 Jul
Jersey City20:29 → 20:5520:2530 min20:240 min16 Jul
Port of Spain20:29 → 20:5518:3291 min18:320 min17 Jul
London01:29 → 01:5521:0964 min21:080 min17 Jul
Durban02:29 → 02:5517:15109 min17:160 min17 Jul
Dubai04:29 → 04:5519:1084 min19:100 min17 Jul
Delhi05:59 → 06:2519:2082 min19:200 min17 Jul
Kolkata05:59 → 06:2518:2385 min18:230 min17 Jul
Singapore08:29 → 08:5519:1695 min19:160 min17 Jul
Sydney10:29 → 10:5517:05111 min17:060 min17 Jul
Suva12:29 → 12:5517:47103 min17:470 min17 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shiva-shayanotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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