Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2076

Wednesday 8 July

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 343 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 Wednesday 8 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Thursday 9 July

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

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 04:43 on Wed 8 Jul to 06:17 on Thu 9 Jul.

    2076-07-07T20:42:47Z → 2076-07-08T22:16:43Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 8th, 12:00–12:48 on the 9th.

    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 8th and 0 of 48 on the 9th.

    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 20576 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Baoding, 2076: Wednesday 8 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Vivasvat Saptamī 2076 falls on Wednesday 8 July. Saptamī runs from 04:43 on Wed 8 Jul to 06:17 on Thu 9 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2076/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 8 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 8 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 8 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 7thCoveredMadhyāhna 8thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:43 → 15:1712:340 min12:3448 min8 Jul
Chicago15:43 → 17:1712:320 min12:3248 min8 Jul
Jersey City16:43 → 18:1712:380 min12:3848 min8 Jul
Port of Spain16:43 → 18:1711:470 min11:4848 min8 Jul
London21:43 → 23:1712:420 min12:4248 min8 Jul
Durban22:43 → 00:1711:370 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Dubai00:43 → 02:1712:000 min12:0048 min8 Jul
Delhi02:13 → 03:4712:020 min12:0348 min8 Jul
Kolkata02:13 → 03:4711:180 min11:1848 min8 Jul
Singapore04:43 → 06:1712:460 min12:4648 min8 Jul
Sydney06:43 → 08:1711:370 min11:3748 min8 Jul
Suva08:43 → 10:1711:480 min11:4848 min8 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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