Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1925

Monday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 415 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 10 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 11 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 05:04 on Mon 10 Aug to 04:56 on Tue 11 Aug.

    1925-08-09T21:04:08Z → 1925-08-10T20:56:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 10th, 11:59–12:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 24901 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1925: Monday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1925 falls on Monday 10 August. Saptamī runs from 05:04 on Mon 10 Aug to 04:56 on Tue 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1925/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles13:04 → 12:5611:340 min11:3448 min10 Aug
Chicago16:04 → 15:5612:320 min12:3148 min10 Aug
Jersey City17:04 → 16:5612:370 min12:3748 min10 Aug
Port of Spain17:04 → 16:5611:470 min11:4748 min10 Aug
London22:04 → 21:5612:410 min12:4148 min10 Aug
Durban23:04 → 22:5611:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Dubai01:04 → 00:5612:000 min12:0048 min10 Aug
Delhi02:34 → 02:2612:020 min12:0248 min10 Aug
Kolkata02:34 → 02:2611:180 min11:1848 min10 Aug
Singapore04:04 → 03:5611:460 min11:4648 min10 Aug
Sydney07:04 → 06:5611:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Suva09:04 → 08:5611:480 min11:4848 min10 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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