Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1902

Monday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 124 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

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

Midday of Monday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 26 August

Saptamī 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 09:52 on Mon 25 Aug to 08:04 on Tue 26 Aug.

    1902-08-25T01:51:38Z → 1902-08-26T00:04:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 7467 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1902: Monday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1902 falls on Monday 25 August. Saptamī runs from 09:52 on Mon 25 Aug to 08:04 on Tue 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1902/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 25 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/shitala-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Śrāvaṇa, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Saptamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 7 Sitala saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīMadhyāhna 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles17:52 → 16:0411:3148 min11:310 min25 Aug
Chicago19:52 → 18:0411:2848 min11:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City20:52 → 19:0411:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain21:52 → 20:0411:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London01:52 → 00:0411:3848 min11:380 min25 Aug
Durban03:22 → 01:3411:0448 min11:040 min25 Aug
Dubai05:33 → 03:4511:3848 min11:380 min25 Aug
Delhi07:13 → 05:2511:5048 min11:500 min25 Aug
Kolkata07:13 → 05:2511:0648 min11:050 min25 Aug
Singapore08:47 → 06:5911:3848 min11:380 min25 Aug
Sydney11:52 → 10:0411:3430 min11:330 min25 Aug
Suva13:47 → 11:5911:400 min11:3920 min26 Aug
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shitala-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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