Midday of Saturday 15 August
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
madhyāhna begins 12:58 13:46 madhyāhna ends
12:1012:3412:5813:2213:4614:1014:34
48 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1987
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 473 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Saturday 15 August
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Sunday 16 August
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 05:00 on Sat 15 Aug to 05:05 on Sun 16 Aug.
1987-08-14T20:00:07Z → 1987-08-15T20:05:26Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:58–13:46 on the 15th, 12:58–13:46 on the 16th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 15th and 0 of 48 on the 16th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103
Tie-break
Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 28369 s
Ruling
Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1987: Saturday 15 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1987 falls on Saturday 15 August. Saptamī runs from 05:00 on Sat 15 Aug to 05:05 on Sun 16 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sat 15 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sat 15 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sat 15 Aug |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/shitala-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“K 7 Sitala saptami (purvaviddha).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Saptamī | Madhyāhna 14th | Covered | Madhyāhna 15th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 13:00 → 13:05 | 12:33 | 21 min | 12:33 | 32 min | 14 Aug |
| Chicago | 15:00 → 15:05 | 12:31 | 0 min | 12:31 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Jersey City | 16:00 → 16:05 | 12:37 | 0 min | 12:36 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 16:00 → 16:05 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| London | 21:00 → 21:05 | 12:41 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Durban | 22:00 → 22:05 | 11:37 | 0 min | 11:37 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Dubai | 00:00 → 00:05 | 11:59 | 0 min | 11:59 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Delhi | 01:30 → 01:35 | 12:02 | 0 min | 12:01 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Kolkata | 01:30 → 01:35 | 11:17 | 0 min | 11:17 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Singapore | 04:00 → 04:05 | 12:45 | 0 min | 12:45 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Sydney | 06:00 → 06:05 | 11:36 | 0 min | 11:36 | 48 min | 15 Aug |
| Suva | 08:00 → 08:05 | 11:47 | 0 min | 11:47 | 48 min | 15 Aug |