Evening of Wednesday 3 July
Qualifies with 10 of 74 minutes. Not taken.
19:47 sunsetpradoṣa ends 21:01
Pūrṇimā begins 20:50:39
19:2319:4720:1120:3520:5921:2321:47
10 of 74 minutes covered, the last 10
Ruling · Śiva Śayanotsava · 2069
Boundaryin Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both evenings qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
Evening of Wednesday 3 July
Qualifies with 10 of 74 minutes. Not taken.
10 of 74 minutes covered, the last 10
Evening of Thursday 4 July
Taken. Both evenings qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
74 of 74 minutes covered
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
Kāla
Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:47–21:01 on the 3rd, 19:47–21:00 on the 4th.
pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 10 of 74 minutes on the 3rd and 74 of 74 on the 4th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102
Tie-break
Both evenings qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 339 s
Ruling
Śiva Śayanotsava, Baoding, 2069: Thursday 4 July.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Baoding, Śiva Śayanotsava 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 pradoṣa that evening. It also reaches the previous evening for 10 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the one covered longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Thu 4 Jul |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Thu 4 Jul |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Thu 4 Jul |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shiva-shayanotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“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.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sunset 3rd | Covered | Sunset 4th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 05:51 → 06:06 | 20:08 | 77 min | 20:08 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Chicago | 07:51 → 08:06 | 20:29 | 71 min | 20:29 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Jersey City | 08:51 → 09:06 | 20:31 | 72 min | 20:31 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Port of Spain | 08:51 → 09:06 | 18:32 | 90 min | 18:33 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| London | 13:51 → 14:06 | 21:20 | 60 min | 21:19 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Durban | 14:51 → 15:06 | 17:09 | 110 min | 17:09 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Dubai | 16:51 → 17:06 | 19:13 | 83 min | 19:13 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Delhi | 18:21 → 18:36 | 19:23 | 81 min | 19:23 | 0 min | 3 Jul |
| Kolkata | 18:21 → 18:36 | 18:25 | 84 min | 18:25 | 11 min | 3 Jul |
| Singapore | 20:51 → 21:06 | 19:15 | 0 min | 19:15 | 95 min | 4 Jul |
| Sydney | 22:51 → 23:06 | 16:58 | 0 min | 16:59 | 112 min | 4 Jul |
| Suva | 00:51 → 01:06 | 17:43 | 0 min | 17:43 | 103 min | 4 Jul |