Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2019

Thursday 22 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 77 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 Thursday 22 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 23 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 09:36 on Thu 22 Aug to 10:39 on Fri 23 Aug.

    2019-08-22T01:36:22Z → 2019-08-23T02:39:14Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd, 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 0 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 4642 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2019: Thursday 22 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2019 falls on Thursday 22 August. Saptamī runs from 09:36 on Thu 22 Aug to 10:39 on Fri 23 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2019/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 22 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 22 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 22 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles18:36 → 19:3912:3248 min12:310 min22 Aug
Chicago20:36 → 21:3912:2948 min12:290 min22 Aug
Jersey City21:36 → 22:3912:3548 min12:350 min22 Aug
Port of Spain21:36 → 22:3911:4548 min11:450 min22 Aug
London02:36 → 03:3912:3948 min12:390 min22 Aug
Durban03:36 → 04:3911:3548 min11:350 min22 Aug
Dubai05:36 → 06:3911:5848 min11:570 min22 Aug
Delhi07:06 → 08:0912:0048 min12:000 min22 Aug
Kolkata07:06 → 08:0911:1548 min11:150 min22 Aug
Singapore09:36 → 10:3912:4448 min12:430 min22 Aug
Sydney11:36 → 12:3911:3446 min11:3448 min22 Aug
Suva13:36 → 14:3911:450 min11:4548 min23 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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