Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1950

Sunday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 190 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 Sunday 3 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 4 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 06:16 on Sun 3 Sep to 08:43 on Mon 4 Sep.

    1950-09-02T22:16:18Z → 1950-09-04T00:42:39Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 11424 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1950: Sunday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1950 falls on Sunday 3 September. Saptamī runs from 06:16 on Sun 3 Sep to 08:43 on Mon 4 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1950/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 3 Sep
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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 4thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles15:16 → 17:4312:280 min12:280 min3 Sep
Chicago17:16 → 19:4312:260 min12:250 min3 Sep
Jersey City18:16 → 20:4312:320 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain18:16 → 20:4311:420 min11:410 min3 Sep
London23:16 → 01:4312:360 min12:350 min3 Sep
Durban00:16 → 02:4311:320 min11:310 min3 Sep
Dubai02:16 → 04:4311:540 min11:540 min3 Sep
Delhi03:46 → 06:1311:570 min11:560 min3 Sep
Kolkata03:46 → 06:1311:120 min11:120 min3 Sep
Singapore05:46 → 08:1312:100 min12:100 min3 Sep
Sydney08:16 → 10:4311:310 min11:310 min3 Sep
Suva10:16 → 12:4311:420 min11:4248 min3 Sep
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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