Ruling · Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) · 2098

Wednesday 7 May

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 480 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 Wednesday 7 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 Thursday 8 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 03:52 on Wed 7 May to 01:30 on Thu 8 May.

    2098-05-06T19:51:37Z → 2098-05-07T17:30:23Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:51–12:39 on the 7th, 11:51–12:39 on the 8th.

    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 7th and 0 of 48 on the 8th.

    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 28789 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Gaṅgotpatti, Baoding, 2098: Wednesday 7 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Gaṅgotpatti (Ganga Saptami) 2098 falls on Wednesday 7 May. Saptamī runs from 03:52 on Wed 7 May to 01:30 on Thu 8 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2098/gangotpatti · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 7 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 7 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 7 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 6thCoveredMadhyāhna 7thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:52 → 10:3012:2623 min12:260 min6 May
Chicago14:52 → 12:3012:240 min12:246 min7 May
Jersey City15:52 → 13:3012:300 min12:3048 min7 May
Port of Spain15:52 → 13:3011:390 min11:3948 min7 May
London20:52 → 18:3012:340 min12:3448 min7 May
Durban21:52 → 19:3011:290 min11:2948 min7 May
Dubai23:52 → 21:3011:520 min11:5248 min7 May
Delhi01:22 → 23:0011:540 min11:5448 min7 May
Kolkata01:22 → 23:0011:100 min11:1048 min7 May
Singapore03:52 → 01:3012:380 min12:3848 min7 May
Sydney05:52 → 03:3011:280 min11:2848 min7 May
Suva07:52 → 05:3011:390 min11:3948 min7 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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