Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1930

Saturday 16 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 266 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two middays

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

Midday of Saturday 16 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 17 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 07:00 on Sat 16 Aug to 07:32 on Sun 17 Aug.

    1930-08-15T23:00:29Z → 1930-08-16T23:31:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 16th, 11:58–12:46 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 15983 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1930: Saturday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1930 falls on Saturday 16 August. Saptamī runs from 07:00 on Sat 16 Aug to 07:32 on Sun 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1930/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 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 15thCoveredMadhyāhna 16thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:00 → 15:3211:330 min11:3348 min16 Aug
Chicago18:00 → 18:3212:310 min12:3048 min16 Aug
Jersey City19:00 → 19:3212:360 min12:3648 min16 Aug
Port of Spain19:00 → 19:3211:460 min11:4648 min16 Aug
London00:00 → 00:3212:400 min12:4048 min16 Aug
Durban01:00 → 01:3211:370 min11:3648 min16 Aug
Dubai03:00 → 03:3211:590 min11:5948 min16 Aug
Delhi04:30 → 05:0212:010 min12:0148 min16 Aug
Kolkata04:30 → 05:0211:170 min11:1748 min16 Aug
Singapore06:00 → 06:3211:450 min11:4548 min16 Aug
Sydney09:00 → 09:3211:360 min11:3648 min16 Aug
Suva11:00 → 11:3211:470 min11:4748 min16 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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