Ruling · Vivasvat Saptamī · 2026

Monday 20 July

Determinatein Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 75 minutes.

Decide it for

18°08′ S 178°26′ E · Pacific/Fiji · GeoNames 2198148

The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 20 July

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 21 July

Saptamī 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

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 10:00 on Mon 20 Jul to 10:33 on Tue 21 Jul.

    2026-07-19T22:00:25Z → 2026-07-20T22:33:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:49–12:37 on the 20th, 11:49–12:37 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 4526 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Vivasvat Saptamī, Suva, 2026: Monday 20 July.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Suva, Vivasvat Saptamī 2026 falls on Monday 20 July. Saptamī runs from 10:00 on Mon 20 Jul to 10:33 on Tue 21 Jul and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/suva/festivals/2026/vivasvat-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 20 Jul
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 20 Jul
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 20 Jul
No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/vivasvat-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āṣāḍha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 7 Vivasvat saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:00 → 15:3312:350 min12:3548 min20 Jul
Chicago17:00 → 17:3312:330 min12:3348 min20 Jul
Jersey City18:00 → 18:3312:380 min12:3848 min20 Jul
Port of Spain18:00 → 18:3311:480 min11:4848 min20 Jul
London23:00 → 23:3312:420 min12:4248 min20 Jul
Durban00:00 → 00:3311:380 min11:3848 min20 Jul
Dubai02:00 → 02:3312:010 min12:0148 min20 Jul
Delhi03:30 → 04:0312:030 min12:0348 min20 Jul
Kolkata03:30 → 04:0311:190 min11:1948 min20 Jul
Singapore06:00 → 06:3312:470 min12:4748 min20 Jul
Sydney08:00 → 08:3311:380 min11:3848 min20 Jul
Suva10:00 → 10:3311:490 min11:4948 min20 Jul
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
vivasvat-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s