Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2016

Wednesday 24 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 527 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 Wednesday 24 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 Thursday 25 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 03:09 on Wed 24 Aug to 00:47 on Thu 25 Aug.

    2016-08-23T19:09:03Z → 2016-08-24T16:47:20Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 24th, 11:56–12:44 on the 25th.

    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 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    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 31625 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2016: Wednesday 24 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2016 falls on Wednesday 24 August. Saptamī runs from 03:09 on Wed 24 Aug to 00:47 on Thu 25 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2016/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 24 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 24 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 24 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 23rdCoveredMadhyāhna 24thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles12:09 → 09:4712:3148 min12:310 min23 Aug
Chicago14:09 → 11:4712:290 min12:280 min24 Aug
Jersey City15:09 → 12:4712:340 min12:3413 min24 Aug
Port of Spain15:09 → 12:4711:440 min11:4448 min24 Aug
London20:09 → 17:4712:380 min12:3848 min24 Aug
Durban21:09 → 18:4711:350 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Dubai23:09 → 20:4711:570 min11:5748 min24 Aug
Delhi00:39 → 22:1711:590 min11:5948 min24 Aug
Kolkata00:39 → 22:1711:150 min11:1548 min24 Aug
Singapore03:09 → 00:4712:430 min12:4348 min24 Aug
Sydney05:09 → 02:4711:340 min11:3448 min24 Aug
Suva07:09 → 04:4711:450 min11:4548 min24 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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