Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 1997

Sunday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 608 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 Saturday 23 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Sunday 24 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:56  12:44 madhyāhna ends
11:0811:3211:5612:2012:4413:0813:32

48 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 00:20 on Sun 24 Aug to 22:52 on Sun 24 Aug.

    1997-08-23T16:20:05Z → 1997-08-24T14:52:29Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 23rd, 11:56–12:44 on the 24th.

    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 23rd and 48 of 48 on the 24th.

    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 36497 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 1997: Sunday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 1997 falls on Sunday 24 August. Saptamī runs from 00:20 on Sun 24 Aug to 22:52 on Sun 24 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1997/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:20 → 07:5212:3148 min12:310 min23 Aug
Chicago11:20 → 09:5212:2948 min12:280 min23 Aug
Jersey City12:20 → 10:5212:3448 min12:340 min23 Aug
Port of Spain12:20 → 10:5211:4512 min11:440 min23 Aug
London17:20 → 15:5212:390 min12:3848 min24 Aug
Durban18:20 → 16:5211:350 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Dubai20:20 → 18:5211:570 min11:5748 min24 Aug
Delhi21:50 → 20:2211:590 min11:5948 min24 Aug
Kolkata21:50 → 20:2211:150 min11:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore00:20 → 22:5212:430 min12:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney02:20 → 00:5211:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva04:20 → 02:5211:450 min11:4548 min24 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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