Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1982

Wednesday 11 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 173 minutes.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 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 Thursday 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 09:06 on Wed 11 Aug to 07:54 on Thu 12 Aug.

    1982-08-11T01:05:35Z → 1982-08-11T23:54:17Z

  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 10409 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1982: Wednesday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1982 falls on Wednesday 11 August. Saptamī runs from 09:06 on Wed 11 Aug to 07:54 on Thu 12 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1982/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 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 Angeles18:06 → 16:5412:3448 min12:340 min11 Aug
Chicago20:06 → 18:5412:3148 min12:310 min11 Aug
Jersey City21:06 → 19:5412:3748 min12:370 min11 Aug
Port of Spain21:06 → 19:5411:4748 min11:470 min11 Aug
London02:06 → 00:5412:4148 min12:410 min11 Aug
Durban03:06 → 01:5411:3748 min11:370 min11 Aug
Dubai05:06 → 03:5412:0048 min12:000 min11 Aug
Delhi06:36 → 05:2412:0248 min12:020 min11 Aug
Kolkata06:36 → 05:2411:1848 min11:170 min11 Aug
Singapore09:06 → 07:5412:4648 min12:460 min11 Aug
Sydney11:06 → 09:5411:3748 min11:360 min11 Aug
Suva13:06 → 11:5411:480 min11:477 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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