Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 2056

Sunday 21 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 194 minutes.

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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 Sunday 21 May

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 22 May

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

0 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 08:37 on Sun 21 May to 08:17 on Mon 22 May.

    2056-05-21T00:37:20Z → 2056-05-22T00:16:37Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 21st, 11:51–12:39 on the 22nd.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 11630 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 2056: Sunday 21 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 2056 falls on Sunday 21 May. Saptamī runs from 08:37 on Sun 21 May to 08:17 on Mon 22 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2056/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 21 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 21 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 21 May
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/gangotpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 7 Gangotpatti, (madhyahna vyapini, if occurs on two successive days, the first day is to be observed), Jahnu saptami, Sarkara saptami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:37 → 17:1712:2648 min12:260 min21 May
Chicago19:37 → 19:1712:2448 min12:240 min21 May
Jersey City20:37 → 20:1712:2948 min12:290 min21 May
Port of Spain20:37 → 20:1711:3948 min11:390 min21 May
London01:37 → 01:1712:3448 min12:340 min21 May
Durban02:37 → 02:1711:2948 min11:290 min21 May
Dubai04:37 → 04:1711:5248 min11:520 min21 May
Delhi06:07 → 05:4711:5448 min11:540 min21 May
Kolkata06:07 → 05:4711:0948 min11:100 min21 May
Singapore08:37 → 08:1712:3748 min12:370 min21 May
Sydney10:37 → 10:1711:2848 min11:280 min21 May
Suva12:37 → 12:1711:390 min11:3938 min22 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gangotpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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