Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 2093

Saturday 2 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 50 minutes.

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The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 2 May

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 3 May

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:52  12:40 madhyāhna ends
11:0411:2811:5212:1612:4013:0413:28

48 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 11:02 on Sat 2 May to 13:32 on Sun 3 May.

    2093-05-02T03:02:04Z → 2093-05-03T05:31:51Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:52–12:40 on the 2nd, 11:52–12:40 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 2984 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 2093: Saturday 2 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 2093 falls on Saturday 2 May. Saptamī runs from 11:02 on Sat 2 May to 13:32 on Sun 3 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2093/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 2 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 2 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 2 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:02 → 22:3212:2648 min12:260 min2 May
Chicago22:02 → 00:3212:2448 min12:240 min2 May
Jersey City23:02 → 01:3212:3048 min12:300 min2 May
Port of Spain23:02 → 01:3211:3948 min11:390 min2 May
London04:02 → 06:3212:3448 min12:340 min2 May
Durban05:02 → 07:3211:2948 min11:290 min2 May
Dubai07:02 → 09:3211:5248 min11:520 min2 May
Delhi08:32 → 11:0211:5548 min11:540 min2 May
Kolkata08:32 → 11:0211:1048 min11:100 min2 May
Singapore11:02 → 13:3212:3848 min12:3848 min2 May
Sydney13:02 → 15:3211:280 min11:2848 min3 May
Suva15:02 → 17:3211:400 min11:3948 min3 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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