Ruling · Sampat Gaurī Vrata · 2026

Friday 1 May

Determinatein Ujjain, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 505 minutes.

Decide it for

UjjainDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

23°11′ N 75°47′ E · Asia/Kolkata · GeoNames 1253914

The two middays

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

Midday of Thursday 30 April

Pūrṇimā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 1 May

Taken. The only midday Pūrṇimā reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:00  12:48 madhyāhna ends
11:1211:3612:0012:2412:4813:1213:36

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pūrṇimā runs from 21:13 on Thu 30 Apr to 22:53 on Fri 1 May.

    2026-04-30T15:43:06Z → 2026-05-01T17:23:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:00–12:48 on the 30th, 12:00–12:48 on the 1st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pūrṇimā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 48 of 48 on the 1st.

    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: paraviddha → only-day · margin 30289 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Sampat Gaurī Vrata, Ujjain, 2026: Friday 1 May.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Ujjain, Sampat Gaurī Vrata 2026 falls on Friday 1 May. Pūrṇimā runs from 21:13 on Thu 30 Apr to 22:53 on Fri 1 May and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/ujjain/festivals/2026/sampat-gauri-vrata · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 1 May
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 1 May
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 1 May
No institution has a recorded ruling for Ujjain.

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

The rule, as data

/rules/sampat-gauri-vrata · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Vaiśākha, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pūrṇimā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 102

“S 15 Sampat gauri vrata (paraviddha), Phuladola (Bengal & Orissa) (paraviddha), Gandhesvari puja (Bengal) (purvaviddha), Buddha purnima, Vaisakhi purnima.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 102.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePūrṇimāMadhyāhna 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 1stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles08:43 → 10:2312:2648 min12:260 min30 Apr
Chicago10:43 → 12:2312:2448 min12:240 min30 Apr
Jersey City11:43 → 13:2312:3048 min12:3048 min1 May
Port of Spain11:43 → 13:2311:3944 min11:3948 min1 May
London16:43 → 18:2312:340 min12:3448 min1 May
Durban17:43 → 19:2311:290 min11:2948 min1 May
Dubai19:43 → 21:2311:520 min11:5248 min1 May
Delhi21:13 → 22:5311:550 min11:5448 min1 May
Kolkata21:13 → 22:5311:100 min11:1048 min1 May
Singapore23:43 → 01:2312:380 min12:3848 min1 May
Sydney01:43 → 03:2311:280 min11:2848 min1 May
Suva03:43 → 05:2311:390 min11:3948 min1 May
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
sampat-gauri-vrata@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s