Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1981

Saturday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 33 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 Friday 21 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Saturday 22 August

Taken. Saptamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 11:23:47
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 13:42 on Fri 21 Aug to 11:24 on Sat 22 Aug.

    1981-08-21T05:42:19Z → 1981-08-22T03:23:47Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 21st, 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd.

    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 21st and 0 of 48 on the 22nd.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 1977 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1981: Saturday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1981 falls on Saturday 22 August. Saptamī runs from 13:42 on Fri 21 Aug to 11:24 on Sat 22 Aug, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1981/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 22 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 21stCoveredMadhyāhna 22ndCoveredRuled
Los Angeles22:42 → 20:2412:3248 min12:310 min21 Aug
Chicago00:42 → 22:2412:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City01:42 → 23:2412:3548 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain01:42 → 23:2411:4548 min11:450 min21 Aug
London06:42 → 04:2412:3948 min12:390 min21 Aug
Durban07:42 → 05:2411:3548 min11:350 min21 Aug
Dubai09:42 → 07:2411:5848 min11:570 min21 Aug
Delhi11:12 → 08:5412:0048 min12:000 min21 Aug
Kolkata11:12 → 08:5411:1648 min11:150 min21 Aug
Singapore13:12 → 10:5412:140 min12:130 min22 Aug
Sydney15:42 → 13:2411:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva17:42 → 15:2411:460 min11:4548 min22 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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