Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1935

Tuesday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 636 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Tuesday 20 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 21 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 01:21 on Tue 20 Aug to 23:48 on Tue 20 Aug.

    1935-08-19T17:21:19Z → 1935-08-20T15:47:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 38163 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1935: Tuesday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1935 falls on Tuesday 20 August. Saptamī runs from 01:21 on Tue 20 Aug to 23:48 on Tue 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1935/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:21 → 07:4811:3248 min11:320 min19 Aug
Chicago12:21 → 10:4812:3048 min12:300 min19 Aug
Jersey City13:21 → 11:4812:362 min12:350 min19 Aug
Port of Spain13:21 → 11:4811:460 min11:452 min20 Aug
London18:21 → 16:4812:400 min12:3948 min20 Aug
Durban19:21 → 17:4811:360 min11:3648 min20 Aug
Dubai21:21 → 19:4811:580 min11:5848 min20 Aug
Delhi22:51 → 21:1812:010 min12:0048 min20 Aug
Kolkata22:51 → 21:1811:160 min11:1648 min20 Aug
Singapore00:41 → 23:0812:040 min12:0448 min20 Aug
Sydney03:21 → 01:4811:350 min11:3548 min20 Aug
Suva05:21 → 03:4811:460 min11:4648 min20 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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