Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2068

Friday 6 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 95 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 Friday 6 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

Midday of Saturday 7 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

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

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 08:02 on Fri 6 Jul to 10:24 on Sat 7 Jul.

    2068-07-06T00:01:36Z → 2068-07-07T02:24:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 6th, 11:59–12:47 on the 7th.

    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 6th and 0 of 48 on the 7th.

    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 5690 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2068: Friday 6 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2068 falls on Friday 6 July. Saptamī runs from 08:02 on Fri 6 Jul to 10:24 on Sat 7 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2068/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 6 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 6 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 6 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:02 → 19:2412:3448 min12:340 min6 Jul
Chicago19:02 → 21:2412:3248 min12:320 min6 Jul
Jersey City20:02 → 22:2412:3748 min12:380 min6 Jul
Port of Spain20:02 → 22:2411:4748 min11:470 min6 Jul
London01:02 → 03:2412:4148 min12:420 min6 Jul
Durban02:02 → 04:2411:3748 min11:370 min6 Jul
Dubai04:02 → 06:2412:0048 min12:000 min6 Jul
Delhi05:32 → 07:5412:0248 min12:020 min6 Jul
Kolkata05:32 → 07:5411:1848 min11:180 min6 Jul
Singapore08:02 → 10:2412:4648 min12:460 min6 Jul
Sydney10:02 → 12:2411:3648 min11:3748 min6 Jul
Suva12:02 → 14:2411:4734 min11:4848 min6 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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