Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2007

Monday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 602 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 Monday 3 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 4 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

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 01:52 on Mon 3 Sep to 23:33 on Mon 3 Sep.

    2007-09-02T17:51:34Z → 2007-09-03T15:33:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd, 11:53–12:41 on the 4th.

    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 3rd and 0 of 48 on the 4th.

    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 36109 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2007: Monday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2007 falls on Monday 3 September. Saptamī runs from 01:52 on Mon 3 Sep to 23:33 on Mon 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2007/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 3 Sep
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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles10:52 → 08:3312:2848 min12:280 min2 Sep
Chicago12:52 → 10:3312:2622 min12:260 min2 Sep
Jersey City13:52 → 11:3312:320 min12:310 min3 Sep
Port of Spain13:52 → 11:3311:420 min11:410 min3 Sep
London18:52 → 16:3312:360 min12:3548 min3 Sep
Durban19:52 → 17:3311:320 min11:3248 min3 Sep
Dubai21:52 → 19:3311:540 min11:5448 min3 Sep
Delhi23:22 → 21:0311:570 min11:5648 min3 Sep
Kolkata23:22 → 21:0311:120 min11:1248 min3 Sep
Singapore01:52 → 23:3312:400 min12:4048 min3 Sep
Sydney03:52 → 01:3311:310 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Suva05:52 → 03:3311:420 min11:4248 min3 Sep
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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