Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2003

Tuesday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 255 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 Monday 18 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 19 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
11:1011:3411:5812:2212:4613:1013:34

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 17:01 on Mon 18 Aug to 19:31 on Tue 19 Aug.

    2003-08-18T09:01:00Z → 2003-08-19T11:31:05Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 18th, 11:58–12:46 on the 19th.

    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 18th and 48 of 48 on the 19th.

    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 15311 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2003: Tuesday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2003 falls on Tuesday 19 August. Saptamī runs from 17:01 on Mon 18 Aug to 19:31 on Tue 19 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2003/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles02:01 → 04:3112:3348 min12:320 min18 Aug
Chicago04:01 → 06:3112:3048 min12:300 min18 Aug
Jersey City05:01 → 07:3112:3648 min12:360 min18 Aug
Port of Spain05:01 → 07:3111:4648 min11:460 min18 Aug
London10:01 → 12:3112:4048 min12:400 min18 Aug
Durban11:01 → 13:3111:3648 min11:3648 min18 Aug
Dubai13:01 → 15:3111:590 min11:5848 min19 Aug
Delhi14:31 → 17:0112:010 min12:0148 min19 Aug
Kolkata14:31 → 17:0111:160 min11:1648 min19 Aug
Singapore17:01 → 19:3112:450 min12:4448 min19 Aug
Sydney19:01 → 21:3111:350 min11:3548 min19 Aug
Suva21:01 → 23:3111:460 min11:4648 min19 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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