Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2013

Tuesday 27 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 439 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 Tuesday 27 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 28 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 03:05 on Tue 27 Aug to 04:36 on Wed 28 Aug.

    2013-08-26T19:04:58Z → 2013-08-27T20:36:11Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 27th, 11:55–12:43 on the 28th.

    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 27th and 0 of 48 on the 28th.

    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 26333 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2013: Tuesday 27 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2013 falls on Tuesday 27 August. Saptamī runs from 03:05 on Tue 27 Aug to 04:36 on Wed 28 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2013/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 27 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 27 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 27 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 26thCoveredMadhyāhna 27thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:05 → 13:3612:3048 min12:3048 min26 Aug
Chicago14:05 → 15:3612:280 min12:2848 min27 Aug
Jersey City15:05 → 16:3612:340 min12:3348 min27 Aug
Port of Spain15:05 → 16:3611:440 min11:4348 min27 Aug
London20:05 → 21:3612:380 min12:3748 min27 Aug
Durban21:05 → 22:3611:340 min11:3448 min27 Aug
Dubai23:05 → 00:3611:560 min11:5648 min27 Aug
Delhi00:35 → 02:0611:590 min11:5848 min27 Aug
Kolkata00:35 → 02:0611:140 min11:1448 min27 Aug
Singapore03:05 → 04:3612:420 min12:4248 min27 Aug
Sydney05:05 → 06:3611:330 min11:3348 min27 Aug
Suva07:05 → 08:3611:440 min11:4448 min27 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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