Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1929

Tuesday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 247 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 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

Midday of Tuesday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 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 18:10 on Mon 26 Aug to 16:51 on Tue 27 Aug.

    1929-08-26T10:09:53Z → 1929-08-27T08:50:45Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 26th, 11:55–12:43 on the 27th.

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

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 14837 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1929: Tuesday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1929 falls on Tuesday 27 August. Saptamī runs from 18:10 on Mon 26 Aug to 16:51 on Tue 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1929/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:10 → 00:5111:3048 min11:300 min26 Aug
Chicago05:10 → 03:5112:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City06:10 → 04:5112:3448 min12:330 min26 Aug
Port of Spain06:10 → 04:5111:4448 min11:430 min26 Aug
London11:10 → 09:5112:3848 min12:380 min26 Aug
Durban12:10 → 10:5111:3412 min11:340 min26 Aug
Dubai14:10 → 12:5111:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi15:40 → 14:2111:590 min11:5848 min27 Aug
Kolkata15:40 → 14:2111:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore17:10 → 15:5111:420 min11:4248 min27 Aug
Sydney20:10 → 18:5111:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva22:10 → 20:5111:440 min11:4448 min27 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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