Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2006

Tuesday 15 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 586 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 14 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

Midday of Tuesday 15 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 00:21 on Tue 15 Aug to 22:32 on Tue 15 Aug.

    2006-08-14T16:20:31Z → 2006-08-15T14:32:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 14th, 11:58–12:46 on the 15th.

    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 14th and 48 of 48 on the 15th.

    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 35159 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2006: Tuesday 15 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2006 falls on Tuesday 15 August. Saptamī runs from 00:21 on Tue 15 Aug to 22:32 on Tue 15 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2006/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 15 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 15 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 15 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 14thCoveredMadhyāhna 15thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:21 → 07:3212:3348 min12:330 min14 Aug
Chicago11:21 → 09:3212:3148 min12:310 min14 Aug
Jersey City12:21 → 10:3212:3748 min12:360 min14 Aug
Port of Spain12:21 → 10:3211:4714 min11:460 min14 Aug
London17:21 → 15:3212:410 min12:4048 min15 Aug
Durban18:21 → 16:3211:370 min11:3748 min15 Aug
Dubai20:21 → 18:3211:590 min11:5948 min15 Aug
Delhi21:51 → 20:0212:020 min12:0148 min15 Aug
Kolkata21:51 → 20:0211:170 min11:1748 min15 Aug
Singapore00:21 → 22:3212:450 min12:4548 min15 Aug
Sydney02:21 → 00:3211:360 min11:3648 min15 Aug
Suva04:21 → 02:3211:470 min11:4748 min15 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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