Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 2069

Thursday 4 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 64 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two late afternoons

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.

Late afternoon of Wednesday 3 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:47
16:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

0 of 178 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 4 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:49 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:47
16:2516:4917:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:3720:01

178 of 178 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentSāyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 20:51 on Wed 3 Jul to 21:06 on Thu 4 Jul.

    2069-07-03T12:50:39Z → 2069-07-04T13:06:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:49–19:47 on the 3rd, 16:49–19:47 on the 4th.

    sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 0 of 178 minutes on the 3rd and 178 of 178 on the 4th.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 3822 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2069: Thursday 4 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2069 falls on Thursday 4 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 20:51 on Wed 3 Jul to 21:06 on Thu 4 Jul and covers all of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2069/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 4 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 4 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 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/kokila-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Sāyāhna
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSāyāhna 3rdCoveredSāyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:51 → 06:0617:16172 min17:160 min3 Jul
Chicago07:51 → 08:0617:27181 min17:270 min3 Jul
Jersey City08:51 → 09:0617:31180 min17:310 min3 Jul
Port of Spain08:51 → 09:0616:00153 min16:000 min3 Jul
London13:51 → 14:0618:02198 min18:020 min3 Jul
Durban14:51 → 15:0615:05123 min15:060 min3 Jul
Dubai16:51 → 17:0616:29142 min16:2937 min3 Jul
Delhi18:21 → 18:3616:3662 min16:36120 min4 Jul
Kolkata18:21 → 18:3615:445 min15:44162 min4 Jul
Singapore20:51 → 21:0616:490 min16:49146 min4 Jul
Sydney22:51 → 23:0614:590 min14:59119 min4 Jul
Suva00:51 → 01:0615:300 min15:30133 min4 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
kokila-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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