Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2052

Wednesday 3 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 152 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 2 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 3 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
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 15:18 on Tue 2 Jul to 16:15 on Wed 3 Jul.

    2052-07-02T07:18:18Z → 2052-07-03T08:14:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 2nd, 11:59–12:47 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 9117 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2052: Wednesday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2052 falls on Wednesday 3 July. Saptamī runs from 15:18 on Tue 2 Jul to 16:15 on Wed 3 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2052/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:18 → 01:1512:3348 min12:330 min2 Jul
Chicago02:18 → 03:1512:3148 min12:310 min2 Jul
Jersey City03:18 → 04:1512:3748 min12:370 min2 Jul
Port of Spain03:18 → 04:1511:4648 min11:470 min2 Jul
London08:18 → 09:1512:4148 min12:410 min2 Jul
Durban09:18 → 10:1511:3648 min11:360 min2 Jul
Dubai11:18 → 12:1511:5948 min11:5916 min2 Jul
Delhi12:48 → 13:4512:011 min12:0248 min2 Jul
Kolkata12:48 → 13:4511:170 min11:1748 min3 Jul
Singapore15:18 → 16:1512:450 min12:4548 min3 Jul
Sydney17:18 → 18:1511:350 min11:3648 min3 Jul
Suva19:18 → 20:1511:470 min11:4748 min3 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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