Ruling · Kokilā Vrata · 2076

Thursday 16 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 86 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 15 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.

16:47 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:42
16:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

0 of 175 minutes covered

Late afternoon of Thursday 16 July

Taken. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches.

16:47 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:42
Pūrṇimā ends 18:13:05
16:2316:4717:1117:3517:5918:2318:4719:1119:3519:59

86 of 175 minutes covered, the first 86

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 21:44 on Wed 15 Jul to 18:13 on Thu 16 Jul.

    2076-07-15T13:44:19Z → 2076-07-16T10:13:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:47–19:42 on the 15th, 16:47–19:42 on the 16th.

    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 175 minutes on the 15th and 86 of 175 on the 16th.

    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 5173 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Kokilā Vrata, Baoding, 2076: Thursday 16 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Kokilā Vrata 2076 falls on Thursday 16 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:44 on Wed 15 Jul to 18:13 on Thu 16 Jul and covers 86 of 175 minutes of sāyāhna that late afternoon.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/kokila-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 16 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 16 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 16 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 15thCoveredSāyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:44 → 03:1317:14170 min17:140 min15 Jul
Chicago08:44 → 05:1317:25179 min17:240 min15 Jul
Jersey City09:44 → 06:1317:28177 min17:280 min15 Jul
Port of Spain09:44 → 06:1316:01152 min16:010 min15 Jul
London14:44 → 11:1317:57194 min17:560 min15 Jul
Durban15:44 → 12:1315:1090 min15:100 min15 Jul
Dubai17:44 → 14:1316:2987 min16:280 min15 Jul
Delhi19:14 → 15:4316:356 min16:350 min15 Jul
Kolkata19:14 → 15:4315:430 min15:430 min15 Jul
Singapore21:44 → 18:1316:500 min16:5083 min16 Jul
Sydney23:44 → 20:1315:040 min15:04122 min16 Jul
Suva01:44 → 22:1315:330 min15:33134 min16 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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