Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1940

Sunday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 490 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 Saturday 24 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 25 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:56  13:44 madhyāhna ends
12:0812:3212:5613:2013:4414:0814:32

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 21:54 on Sat 24 Aug to 23:49 on Sun 25 Aug.

    1940-08-24T12:53:54Z → 1940-08-25T14:48:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 24th, 12:56–13:44 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 48 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 29382 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1940: Sunday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1940 falls on Sunday 25 August. Saptamī runs from 21:54 on Sat 24 Aug to 23:49 on Sun 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1940/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:54 → 06:4911:3148 min11:310 min24 Aug
Chicago07:54 → 09:4912:2848 min12:280 min24 Aug
Jersey City08:54 → 10:4912:3448 min12:340 min24 Aug
Port of Spain08:54 → 10:4911:4448 min11:440 min24 Aug
London13:54 → 15:4912:380 min12:3848 min25 Aug
Durban14:54 → 16:4911:340 min11:3448 min25 Aug
Dubai16:54 → 18:4911:570 min11:5748 min25 Aug
Delhi18:24 → 20:1911:590 min11:5948 min25 Aug
Kolkata18:24 → 20:1911:150 min11:1448 min25 Aug
Singapore20:14 → 22:0912:030 min12:0348 min25 Aug
Sydney22:54 → 00:4911:340 min11:3448 min25 Aug
Suva00:54 → 02:4911:450 min11:4548 min25 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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