Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 2086

Sunday 19 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 329 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Sunday 19 May

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 20 May

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:51  12:39 madhyāhna ends
11:0311:2711:5112:1512:3913:0313:27

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 04:49 on Sun 19 May to 06:22 on Mon 20 May.

    2086-05-18T20:49:13Z → 2086-05-19T22:22:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 19th, 11:51–12:39 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 19739 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 2086: Sunday 19 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 2086 falls on Sunday 19 May. Saptamī runs from 04:49 on Sun 19 May to 06:22 on Mon 20 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2086/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 19 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 19 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 19 May
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/gangotpatti · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 7 Gangotpatti, (madhyahna vyapini, if occurs on two successive days, the first day is to be observed), Jahnu saptami, Sarkara saptami.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:49 → 15:2212:260 min12:2648 min19 May
Chicago15:49 → 17:2212:240 min12:2448 min19 May
Jersey City16:49 → 18:2212:290 min12:2948 min19 May
Port of Spain16:49 → 18:2211:390 min11:3948 min19 May
London21:49 → 23:2212:340 min12:3448 min19 May
Durban22:49 → 00:2211:290 min11:2948 min19 May
Dubai00:49 → 02:2211:520 min11:5248 min19 May
Delhi02:19 → 03:5211:540 min11:5448 min19 May
Kolkata02:19 → 03:5211:090 min11:1048 min19 May
Singapore04:49 → 06:2212:370 min12:3748 min19 May
Sydney06:49 → 08:2211:280 min11:2848 min19 May
Suva08:49 → 10:2211:390 min11:3948 min19 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
gangotpatti@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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