Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2001

Saturday 11 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 499 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 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 Sunday 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 02:45 on Sat 11 Aug to 03:40 on Sun 12 Aug.

    2001-08-10T18:45:19Z → 2001-08-11T19:40:21Z

  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 29912 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2001: Saturday 11 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2001 falls on Saturday 11 August. Saptamī runs from 02:45 on Sat 11 Aug to 03:40 on Sun 12 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2001/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 11 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 11 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 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 10thCoveredMadhyāhna 11thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:45 → 12:4012:3448 min12:347 min10 Aug
Chicago13:45 → 14:4012:320 min12:3148 min11 Aug
Jersey City14:45 → 15:4012:370 min12:3748 min11 Aug
Port of Spain14:45 → 15:4011:470 min11:4748 min11 Aug
London19:45 → 20:4012:410 min12:4148 min11 Aug
Durban20:45 → 21:4011:370 min11:3748 min11 Aug
Dubai22:45 → 23:4012:000 min12:0048 min11 Aug
Delhi00:15 → 01:1012:020 min12:0248 min11 Aug
Kolkata00:15 → 01:1011:180 min11:1848 min11 Aug
Singapore02:45 → 03:4012:460 min12:4648 min11 Aug
Sydney04:45 → 05:4011:370 min11:3748 min11 Aug
Suva06:45 → 07:4011:480 min11:4848 min11 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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