Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1948

Friday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 80 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 26 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 Friday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:55  13:43 madhyāhna ends
12:0712:3112:5513:1913:4314:0714:31

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 15:03 on Thu 26 Aug to 15:43 on Fri 27 Aug.

    1948-08-26T06:03:24Z → 1948-08-27T06:43:00Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:56–13:44 on the 26th, 12:55–13:43 on the 27th.

    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 26th and 48 of 48 on the 27th.

    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 4786 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1948: Friday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1948 falls on Friday 27 August. Saptamī runs from 15:03 on Thu 26 Aug to 15:43 on Fri 27 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1948/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:03 → 23:4312:3048 min12:300 min26 Aug
Chicago01:03 → 01:4312:2848 min12:280 min26 Aug
Jersey City02:03 → 02:4312:3448 min12:330 min26 Aug
Port of Spain02:03 → 02:4311:4448 min11:430 min26 Aug
London07:03 → 07:4312:3848 min12:370 min26 Aug
Durban08:03 → 08:4311:3448 min11:340 min26 Aug
Dubai10:03 → 10:4311:5648 min11:560 min26 Aug
Delhi11:33 → 12:1311:5948 min11:5815 min26 Aug
Kolkata11:33 → 12:1311:1429 min11:1448 min26 Aug
Singapore13:33 → 14:1312:120 min12:1248 min27 Aug
Sydney16:03 → 16:4311:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva18:03 → 18:4311:440 min11:4448 min27 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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