Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1972

Wednesday 30 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 19 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 Wednesday 30 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī begins 12:13:48
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

29 of 48 minutes covered, the last 29

Midday of Thursday 31 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:54  12:42 madhyāhna ends
11:0611:3011:5412:1812:4213:0613:30

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 12:14 on Wed 30 Aug to 09:53 on Thu 31 Aug.

    1972-08-30T04:13:48Z → 1972-08-31T01:53:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:54–12:42 on the 30th, 11:54–12:42 on the 31st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 29 of 48 minutes on the 30th and 0 of 48 on the 31st.

    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 1162 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1972: Wednesday 30 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1972 falls on Wednesday 30 August. Saptamī runs from 12:14 on Wed 30 Aug to 09:53 on Thu 31 Aug and covers 29 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1972/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 30 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 30 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 30 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 30thCoveredMadhyāhna 31stCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:14 → 18:5312:2948 min12:290 min30 Aug
Chicago23:14 → 20:5312:2748 min12:260 min30 Aug
Jersey City00:14 → 21:5312:3248 min12:320 min30 Aug
Port of Spain00:14 → 21:5311:4248 min11:420 min30 Aug
London05:14 → 02:5312:3648 min12:360 min30 Aug
Durban06:14 → 03:5311:3348 min11:320 min30 Aug
Dubai08:14 → 05:5311:5548 min11:550 min30 Aug
Delhi09:44 → 07:2311:5748 min11:570 min30 Aug
Kolkata09:44 → 07:2311:1348 min11:130 min30 Aug
Singapore11:44 → 09:2312:1148 min12:110 min30 Aug
Sydney14:14 → 11:5311:320 min11:3222 min31 Aug
Suva16:14 → 13:5311:430 min11:4348 min31 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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