Midday of Thursday 29 August
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
madhyāhna begins 11:55 12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31
0 of 48 minutes covered
Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2002
Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 426 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.
Midday of Thursday 29 August
Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 48 minutes covered
Midday of Friday 30 August
Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.
48 of 48 minutes covered
Aṅga
Saptamī runs from 19:49 on Thu 29 Aug to 21:45 on Fri 30 Aug.
2002-08-29T11:48:35Z → 2002-08-30T13:45:26Z
Kāla
Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 29th, 11:55–12:43 on the 30th.
madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 29th and 48 of 48 on the 30th.
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 25542 s
Ruling
Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2002: Friday 30 August.
confidence: determinate
In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2002 falls on Friday 30 August. Saptamī runs from 19:49 on Thu 29 Aug to 21:45 on Fri 30 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 30 Aug |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 30 Aug |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 30 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 29th | Covered | Madhyāhna 30th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 04:49 → 06:45 | 12:30 | 48 min | 12:29 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Chicago | 06:49 → 08:45 | 12:27 | 48 min | 12:27 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Jersey City | 07:49 → 09:45 | 12:33 | 48 min | 12:33 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| Port of Spain | 07:49 → 09:45 | 11:43 | 48 min | 11:43 | 0 min | 29 Aug |
| London | 12:49 → 14:45 | 12:37 | 36 min | 12:37 | 48 min | 29 Aug |
| Durban | 13:49 → 15:45 | 11:33 | 0 min | 11:33 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Dubai | 15:49 → 17:45 | 11:56 | 0 min | 11:55 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Delhi | 17:19 → 19:15 | 11:58 | 0 min | 11:58 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Kolkata | 17:19 → 19:15 | 11:13 | 0 min | 11:13 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Singapore | 19:49 → 21:45 | 12:42 | 0 min | 12:41 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Sydney | 21:49 → 23:45 | 11:32 | 0 min | 11:32 | 48 min | 30 Aug |
| Suva | 23:49 → 01:45 | 11:44 | 0 min | 11:43 | 48 min | 30 Aug |