Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2033

Tuesday 16 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 198 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 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 Wednesday 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 08:41 on Tue 16 Aug to 06:36 on Wed 17 Aug.

    2033-08-16T00:40:37Z → 2033-08-16T22:36:03Z

  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 11851 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2033: Tuesday 16 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2033 falls on Tuesday 16 August. Saptamī runs from 08:41 on Tue 16 Aug to 06:36 on Wed 17 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2033/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 16 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 16 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 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 Angeles17:41 → 15:3612:3348 min12:330 min16 Aug
Chicago19:41 → 17:3612:3048 min12:300 min16 Aug
Jersey City20:41 → 18:3612:3648 min12:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain20:41 → 18:3611:4648 min11:460 min16 Aug
London01:41 → 23:3612:4048 min12:400 min16 Aug
Durban02:41 → 00:3611:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Dubai04:41 → 02:3611:5948 min11:590 min16 Aug
Delhi06:11 → 04:0612:0148 min12:010 min16 Aug
Kolkata06:11 → 04:0611:1748 min11:160 min16 Aug
Singapore08:41 → 06:3612:4548 min12:450 min16 Aug
Sydney10:41 → 08:3611:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Suva12:41 → 10:3611:470 min11:470 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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