Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1960

Saturday 13 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 660 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 Saturday 13 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 Sunday 14 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 00:12 on Sat 13 Aug to 00:58 on Sun 14 Aug.

    1960-08-12T16:12:02Z → 1960-08-13T16:58:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:58–12:46 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 0 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 39616 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1960: Saturday 13 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1960 falls on Saturday 13 August. Saptamī runs from 00:12 on Sat 13 Aug to 00:58 on Sun 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 13 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 13 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 13 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 12thCoveredMadhyāhna 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:12 → 09:5812:3448 min12:330 min12 Aug
Chicago11:12 → 11:5812:3148 min12:310 min12 Aug
Jersey City12:12 → 12:5812:3748 min12:3722 min12 Aug
Port of Spain12:12 → 12:5811:4723 min11:4748 min12 Aug
London17:12 → 17:5812:410 min12:4148 min13 Aug
Durban18:12 → 18:5811:370 min11:3748 min13 Aug
Dubai20:12 → 20:5812:000 min11:5948 min13 Aug
Delhi21:42 → 22:2812:020 min12:0248 min13 Aug
Kolkata21:42 → 22:2811:170 min11:1748 min13 Aug
Singapore23:42 → 00:2812:160 min12:1548 min13 Aug
Sydney02:12 → 02:5811:360 min11:3648 min13 Aug
Suva04:12 → 04:5811:470 min11:4748 min13 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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