Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1933

Saturday 12 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 524 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 Friday 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

Midday of Saturday 12 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 21:31 on Fri 11 Aug to 22:55 on Sat 12 Aug.

    1933-08-11T13:30:48Z → 1933-08-12T14:54:49Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 48 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 31428 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1933: Saturday 12 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1933 falls on Saturday 12 August. Saptamī runs from 21:31 on Fri 11 Aug to 22:55 on Sat 12 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1933/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 12 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 12 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 12 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles05:31 → 06:5511:3448 min11:340 min11 Aug
Chicago08:31 → 09:5512:3148 min12:310 min11 Aug
Jersey City09:31 → 10:5512:3748 min12:370 min11 Aug
Port of Spain09:31 → 10:5511:4748 min11:470 min11 Aug
London14:31 → 15:5512:410 min12:4148 min12 Aug
Durban15:31 → 16:5511:370 min11:3748 min12 Aug
Dubai17:31 → 18:5512:000 min12:0048 min12 Aug
Delhi19:01 → 20:2512:020 min12:0248 min12 Aug
Kolkata19:01 → 20:2511:180 min11:1748 min12 Aug
Singapore20:51 → 22:1512:060 min12:0648 min12 Aug
Sydney23:31 → 00:5511:370 min11:3648 min12 Aug
Suva01:31 → 02:5511:480 min11:4748 min12 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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