Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2014

Saturday 16 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 177 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 Saturday 16 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

Midday of Sunday 17 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

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

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 09:01 on Sat 16 Aug to 08:26 on Sun 17 Aug.

    2014-08-16T01:00:59Z → 2014-08-17T00:26:03Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 16th, 11:58–12:46 on the 17th.

    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 16th and 0 of 48 on the 17th.

    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 10632 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2014: Saturday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2014 falls on Saturday 16 August. Saptamī runs from 09:01 on Sat 16 Aug to 08:26 on Sun 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2014/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 16 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 16thCoveredMadhyāhna 17thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:01 → 17:2612:3348 min12:330 min16 Aug
Chicago20:01 → 19:2612:3048 min12:300 min16 Aug
Jersey City21:01 → 20:2612:3648 min12:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain21:01 → 20:2611:4648 min11:460 min16 Aug
London02:01 → 01:2612:4048 min12:400 min16 Aug
Durban03:01 → 02:2611:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Dubai05:01 → 04:2611:5948 min11:590 min16 Aug
Delhi06:31 → 05:5612:0148 min12:010 min16 Aug
Kolkata06:31 → 05:5611:1748 min11:170 min16 Aug
Singapore09:01 → 08:2612:4548 min12:450 min16 Aug
Sydney11:01 → 10:2611:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Suva13:01 → 12:2611:470 min11:4739 min17 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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