Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2005

Thursday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 52 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 Thursday 25 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

Midday of Friday 26 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 11:04 on Thu 25 Aug to 11:02 on Fri 26 Aug.

    2005-08-25T03:03:30Z → 2005-08-26T03:01:50Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 3147 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2005: Thursday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2005 falls on Thursday 25 August. Saptamī runs from 11:04 on Thu 25 Aug to 11:02 on Fri 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2005/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 25 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 25thCoveredMadhyāhna 26thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles20:04 → 20:0212:3148 min12:300 min25 Aug
Chicago22:04 → 22:0212:2848 min12:280 min25 Aug
Jersey City23:04 → 23:0212:3448 min12:340 min25 Aug
Port of Spain23:04 → 23:0211:4448 min11:440 min25 Aug
London04:04 → 04:0212:3848 min12:380 min25 Aug
Durban05:04 → 05:0211:3448 min11:340 min25 Aug
Dubai07:04 → 07:0211:5748 min11:560 min25 Aug
Delhi08:34 → 08:3211:5948 min11:590 min25 Aug
Kolkata08:34 → 08:3211:1448 min11:140 min25 Aug
Singapore11:04 → 11:0212:4348 min12:420 min25 Aug
Sydney13:04 → 13:0211:340 min11:3348 min26 Aug
Suva15:04 → 15:0211:450 min11:4448 min26 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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