Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1952

Monday 11 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 96 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 Monday 11 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 12 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 10:23 on Mon 11 Aug to 09:34 on Tue 12 Aug.

    1952-08-11T02:22:38Z → 1952-08-12T01:34:04Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

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

    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 11th and 0 of 48 on the 12th.

    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 5782 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1952: Monday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1952 falls on Monday 11 August. Saptamī runs from 10:23 on Mon 11 Aug to 09:34 on Tue 12 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1952/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 11 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 11thCoveredMadhyāhna 12thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:23 → 18:3412:3448 min12:340 min11 Aug
Chicago21:23 → 20:3412:3148 min12:310 min11 Aug
Jersey City22:23 → 21:3412:3748 min12:370 min11 Aug
Port of Spain22:23 → 21:3411:4748 min11:470 min11 Aug
London03:23 → 02:3412:4148 min12:410 min11 Aug
Durban04:23 → 03:3411:3748 min11:370 min11 Aug
Dubai06:23 → 05:3412:0048 min12:000 min11 Aug
Delhi07:53 → 07:0412:0248 min12:020 min11 Aug
Kolkata07:53 → 07:0411:1848 min11:170 min11 Aug
Singapore09:53 → 09:0412:1648 min12:160 min11 Aug
Sydney12:23 → 11:3411:372 min11:360 min11 Aug
Suva14:23 → 13:3411:480 min11:4748 min12 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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