Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2096

Monday 17 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 635 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Sunday 16 September

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:49  12:37 madhyāhna ends
11:0111:2511:4912:1312:3713:0113:25

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 17 September

Taken. The only midday Pratipadā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:48  12:36 madhyāhna ends
11:0011:2411:4812:1212:3613:0013:24

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 23:12 on Sun 16 Sep to 23:59 on Mon 17 Sep.

    2096-09-16T15:12:12Z → 2096-09-17T15:59:25Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 16th, 11:48–12:36 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 48 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 38123 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2096: Monday 17 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2096 falls on Monday 17 September. Pratipadā runs from 23:12 on Sun 16 Sep to 23:59 on Mon 17 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2096/rudra-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 17 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 17 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 17 Sep
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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:12 → 08:5912:2348 min12:230 min16 Sep
Chicago10:12 → 10:5912:2148 min12:210 min16 Sep
Jersey City11:12 → 11:5912:2748 min12:260 min16 Sep
Port of Spain11:12 → 11:5911:3748 min11:3623 min16 Sep
London16:12 → 16:5912:310 min12:3148 min17 Sep
Durban17:12 → 17:5911:270 min11:2748 min17 Sep
Dubai19:12 → 19:5911:500 min11:4948 min17 Sep
Delhi20:42 → 21:2911:520 min11:5148 min17 Sep
Kolkata20:42 → 21:2911:070 min11:0748 min17 Sep
Singapore23:12 → 23:5912:360 min12:3548 min17 Sep
Sydney01:12 → 01:5911:260 min11:2648 min17 Sep
Suva03:12 → 03:5911:370 min11:3748 min17 Sep
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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