Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1992

Thursday 20 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 353 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 Thursday 20 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

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

48 of 48 minutes covered

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

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 05:40 on Thu 20 Aug to 06:04 on Fri 21 Aug.

    1992-08-19T21:39:33Z → 1992-08-20T22:03:54Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 20th, 11:57–12:45 on the 21st.

    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 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    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 21182 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1992: Thursday 20 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1992 falls on Thursday 20 August. Saptamī runs from 05:40 on Thu 20 Aug to 06:04 on Fri 21 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1992/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 20 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 20 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 20 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 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:40 → 15:0412:320 min12:3248 min20 Aug
Chicago16:40 → 17:0412:300 min12:2948 min20 Aug
Jersey City17:40 → 18:0412:350 min12:3548 min20 Aug
Port of Spain17:40 → 18:0411:450 min11:4548 min20 Aug
London22:40 → 23:0412:390 min12:3948 min20 Aug
Durban23:40 → 00:0411:360 min11:3548 min20 Aug
Dubai01:40 → 02:0411:580 min11:5848 min20 Aug
Delhi03:10 → 03:3412:000 min12:0048 min20 Aug
Kolkata03:10 → 03:3411:160 min11:1648 min20 Aug
Singapore05:40 → 06:0412:440 min12:4448 min20 Aug
Sydney07:40 → 08:0411:350 min11:3548 min20 Aug
Suva09:40 → 10:0411:460 min11:4648 min20 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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