Ruling · Rudra Vrata · 2098

Wednesday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 452 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 Tuesday 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 Wednesday 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 23:55 on Tue 26 Aug to 20:16 on Wed 27 Aug.

    2098-08-26T15:54:40Z → 2098-08-27T12:16:13Z

  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 27148 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Rudra Vrata, Baoding, 2098: Wednesday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Rudra Vrata 2098 falls on Wednesday 27 August. Pratipadā runs from 23:55 on Tue 26 Aug to 20:16 on Wed 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

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

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles08:55 → 05:1612:3148 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago10:55 → 07:1612:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City11:55 → 08:1612:3448 min12:340 min26 Aug
Port of Spain11:55 → 08:1611:4437 min11:440 min26 Aug
London16:55 → 13:1612:380 min12:3838 min27 Aug
Durban17:55 → 14:1611:340 min11:3448 min27 Aug
Dubai19:55 → 16:1611:570 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi21:25 → 17:4611:590 min11:5948 min27 Aug
Kolkata21:25 → 17:4611:150 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore23:55 → 20:1612:430 min12:4348 min27 Aug
Sydney01:55 → 22:1611:340 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva03:55 → 00:1611:450 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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