Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2060

Sunday 4 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 21 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 4 July

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 5 July

Qualifies with 27 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 12:26:18
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

27 of 48 minutes covered, the first 27

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 10:18 on Sun 4 Jul to 12:26 on Mon 5 Jul.

    2060-07-04T02:18:28Z → 2060-07-05T04:26:19Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 4th, 11:59–12:47 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 27 of 48 on the 5th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 1236 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2060: Sunday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2060 falls on Sunday 4 July. Saptamī runs from 10:18 on Sun 4 Jul to 12:26 on Mon 5 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 27 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2060/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 4 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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:18 → 21:2612:3448 min12:340 min4 Jul
Chicago21:18 → 23:2612:3148 min12:310 min4 Jul
Jersey City22:18 → 00:2612:3748 min12:370 min4 Jul
Port of Spain22:18 → 00:2611:4748 min11:470 min4 Jul
London03:18 → 05:2612:4148 min12:410 min4 Jul
Durban04:18 → 06:2611:3748 min11:370 min4 Jul
Dubai06:18 → 08:2611:5948 min12:000 min4 Jul
Delhi07:48 → 09:5612:0248 min12:020 min4 Jul
Kolkata07:48 → 09:5611:1748 min11:170 min4 Jul
Singapore10:18 → 12:2612:4548 min12:450 min4 Jul
Sydney12:18 → 14:2611:365 min11:3648 min4 Jul
Suva14:18 → 16:2611:470 min11:4748 min5 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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