Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1944

Thursday 10 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 625 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 Thursday 10 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 11 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:59  13:47 madhyāhna ends
12:1112:3512:5913:2313:4714:1114:35

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 02:35 on Thu 10 Aug to 00:37 on Fri 11 Aug.

    1944-08-09T17:34:37Z → 1944-08-10T15:37:06Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:59–13:47 on the 10th, 12:59–13:47 on the 11th.

    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 10th and 0 of 48 on the 11th.

    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 37470 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1944: Thursday 10 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1944 falls on Thursday 10 August. Saptamī runs from 02:35 on Thu 10 Aug to 00:37 on Fri 11 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1944/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 10 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 10 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 10 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 9thCoveredMadhyāhna 10thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:35 → 08:3712:3448 min12:340 min9 Aug
Chicago12:35 → 10:3712:3245 min12:310 min9 Aug
Jersey City13:35 → 11:3712:370 min12:370 min10 Aug
Port of Spain14:35 → 12:3712:470 min12:470 min10 Aug
London19:35 → 17:3713:410 min13:4148 min10 Aug
Durban19:35 → 17:3711:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Dubai21:35 → 19:3712:000 min12:0048 min10 Aug
Delhi00:05 → 22:0713:020 min13:0248 min10 Aug
Kolkata00:05 → 22:0712:180 min12:1848 min10 Aug
Singapore02:35 → 00:3713:460 min13:4648 min10 Aug
Sydney03:35 → 01:3711:370 min11:3748 min10 Aug
Suva05:35 → 03:3711:480 min11:4848 min10 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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