Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2079

Sunday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 634 minutes.

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

The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 26 August

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 01:04 on Sun 27 Aug to 23:17 on Sun 27 Aug.

    2079-08-26T17:03:48Z → 2079-08-27T15:17:24Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:56–12:44 on the 27th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 38023 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2079: Sunday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2079 falls on Sunday 27 August. Pratipadā runs from 01:04 on Sun 27 Aug to 23:17 on Sun 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2079/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 27 Aug
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/rudra-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“S 1 Rudra vrata (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāMadhyāhna 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:04 → 08:1712:3148 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago12:04 → 10:1712:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City13:04 → 11:1712:3418 min12:340 min26 Aug
Port of Spain13:04 → 11:1711:440 min11:440 min27 Aug
London18:04 → 16:1712:380 min12:3848 min27 Aug
Durban19:04 → 17:1711:340 min11:3448 min27 Aug
Dubai21:04 → 19:1711:570 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi22:34 → 20:4711:590 min11:5948 min27 Aug
Kolkata22:34 → 20:4711:150 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore01:04 → 23:1712:430 min12:4248 min27 Aug
Sydney03:04 → 01:1711:340 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva05:04 → 03:1711:450 min11:4448 min27 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
rudra-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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