Ruling · Śiva Śayanotsava · 2012

Tuesday 3 July

Determinatein Daqing, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 370 minutes.

Decide it for

46°35′ N 125°00′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 2037860

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Monday 2 July

Pūrṇimā is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

sunset 19:36  20:42 pradoṣa ends
18:4819:1219:3620:0020:2420:4821:1221:36

0 of 66 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 3 July

Taken. The only evening Pūrṇimā reaches.

sunset 19:36  20:42 pradoṣa ends
18:4819:1219:3620:0020:2420:4821:1221:36

66 of 66 minutes covered

Pūrṇimā presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 05:52 on Tue 3 Jul to 02:52 on Wed 4 Jul.

    2012-07-02T21:51:38Z → 2012-07-03T18:51:52Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 19:36–20:42 on the 2nd, 19:36–20:42 on the 3rd.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 66 minutes on the 2nd and 66 of 66 on the 3rd.

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

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 22181 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śiva Śayanotsava, Daqing, 2012: Tuesday 3 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Daqing, Śiva Śayanotsava 2012 falls on Tuesday 3 July. Pūrṇimā runs from 05:52 on Tue 3 Jul to 02:52 on Wed 4 Jul and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/daqing/festivals/2012/shiva-shayanotsava · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 3 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 3 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 3 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Daqing.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/shiva-shayanotsava · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Guru purnima (paraviddha), Vyasa puja (paraviddha, 3 muhurtas after sunrise), Kokila vrata (sayahna vyapini). Siva sayanotsava (pradosavyapini).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāSunset 2ndCoveredSunset 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:52 → 11:5220:0877 min20:080 min2 Jul
Chicago16:52 → 13:5220:2971 min20:290 min2 Jul
Jersey City17:52 → 14:5220:3172 min20:310 min2 Jul
Port of Spain17:52 → 14:5218:3290 min18:320 min2 Jul
London22:52 → 19:5221:200 min21:190 min2 Jul
Durban23:52 → 20:5217:080 min17:08110 min3 Jul
Dubai01:52 → 22:5219:130 min19:1283 min3 Jul
Delhi03:22 → 00:2219:230 min19:2381 min3 Jul
Kolkata03:22 → 00:2218:250 min18:2584 min3 Jul
Singapore05:52 → 02:5219:140 min19:1495 min3 Jul
Sydney07:52 → 04:5216:570 min16:58112 min3 Jul
Suva09:52 → 06:5217:420 min17:42104 min3 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shiva-shayanotsava@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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