Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2000

Tuesday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 169 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 Monday 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 Tuesday 22 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 16:38 on Mon 21 Aug to 15:34 on Tue 22 Aug.

    2000-08-21T08:38:07Z → 2000-08-22T07:33:39Z

  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 48 of 48 on the 22nd.

    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 10139 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2000: Tuesday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2000 falls on Tuesday 22 August. Saptamī runs from 16:38 on Mon 21 Aug to 15:34 on Tue 22 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2000/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles01:38 → 00:3412:3248 min12:310 min21 Aug
Chicago03:38 → 02:3412:2948 min12:290 min21 Aug
Jersey City04:38 → 03:3412:3548 min12:350 min21 Aug
Port of Spain04:38 → 03:3411:4548 min11:450 min21 Aug
London09:38 → 08:3412:3948 min12:390 min21 Aug
Durban10:38 → 09:3411:3548 min11:350 min21 Aug
Dubai12:38 → 11:3411:588 min11:570 min21 Aug
Delhi14:08 → 13:0412:000 min12:0048 min22 Aug
Kolkata14:08 → 13:0411:150 min11:1548 min22 Aug
Singapore16:38 → 15:3412:440 min12:4348 min22 Aug
Sydney18:38 → 17:3411:350 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva20:38 → 19:3411:460 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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