Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2061

Thursday 23 June

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 12 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 Thursday 23 June

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

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 12:08:27
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

36 of 48 minutes covered, the last 36

Midday of Friday 24 June

Qualifies with 30 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 12:26:51
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

30 of 48 minutes covered, the first 30

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 12:08 on Thu 23 Jun to 12:27 on Fri 24 Jun.

    2061-06-23T04:08:28Z → 2061-06-24T04:26:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd, 11:57–12:45 on the 24th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 36 of 48 minutes on the 23rd and 30 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 712 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2061: Thursday 23 June.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2061 falls on Thursday 23 June. Saptamī runs from 12:08 on Thu 23 Jun to 12:27 on Fri 24 Jun and covers 36 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 30 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2061/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 23 Jun
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 23 Jun
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 23 Jun
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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:08 → 21:2712:3248 min12:320 min23 Jun
Chicago23:08 → 23:2712:2948 min12:290 min23 Jun
Jersey City00:08 → 00:2712:3548 min12:350 min23 Jun
Port of Spain00:08 → 00:2711:4548 min11:450 min23 Jun
London05:08 → 05:2712:3948 min12:390 min23 Jun
Durban06:08 → 06:2711:3448 min11:350 min23 Jun
Dubai08:08 → 08:2711:5748 min11:570 min23 Jun
Delhi09:38 → 09:5712:0048 min12:000 min23 Jun
Kolkata09:38 → 09:5711:1548 min11:150 min23 Jun
Singapore12:08 → 12:2712:4348 min12:430 min23 Jun
Sydney14:08 → 14:2711:340 min11:3448 min24 Jun
Suva16:08 → 16:2711:450 min11:4548 min24 Jun
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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