Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2017

Monday 14 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 569 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 Sunday 13 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 Monday 14 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 00:02 on Mon 14 Aug to 22:16 on Mon 14 Aug.

    2017-08-13T16:02:09Z → 2017-08-14T14:15:44Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:59–12:47 on the 14th.

    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 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    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 34153 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2017: Monday 14 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2017 falls on Monday 14 August. Saptamī runs from 00:02 on Mon 14 Aug to 22:16 on Mon 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2017/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 14 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 14 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 14 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:02 → 07:1612:3348 min12:330 min13 Aug
Chicago11:02 → 09:1612:3148 min12:310 min13 Aug
Jersey City12:02 → 10:1612:3748 min12:370 min13 Aug
Port of Spain12:02 → 10:1611:4733 min11:470 min13 Aug
London17:02 → 15:1612:410 min12:4148 min14 Aug
Durban18:02 → 16:1611:370 min11:3748 min14 Aug
Dubai20:02 → 18:1611:590 min11:5948 min14 Aug
Delhi21:32 → 19:4612:020 min12:0248 min14 Aug
Kolkata21:32 → 19:4611:170 min11:1748 min14 Aug
Singapore00:02 → 22:1612:450 min12:4548 min14 Aug
Sydney02:02 → 00:1611:360 min11:3648 min14 Aug
Suva04:02 → 02:1611:470 min11:4748 min14 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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