Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2035

Saturday 25 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 249 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Saturday 25 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 Sunday 26 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 07:48 on Sat 25 Aug to 06:07 on Sun 26 Aug.

    2035-08-24T23:47:30Z → 2035-08-25T22:06:38Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:56–12:44 on the 25th, 11:56–12:44 on the 26th.

    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 25th and 0 of 48 on the 26th.

    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 14914 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2035: Saturday 25 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2035 falls on Saturday 25 August. Saptamī runs from 07:48 on Sat 25 Aug to 06:07 on Sun 26 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2035/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 25 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 25 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 25 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 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles16:48 → 15:0712:310 min12:3148 min25 Aug
Chicago18:48 → 17:0712:290 min12:2848 min25 Aug
Jersey City19:48 → 18:0712:340 min12:3448 min25 Aug
Port of Spain19:48 → 18:0711:440 min11:4448 min25 Aug
London00:48 → 23:0712:380 min12:3848 min25 Aug
Durban01:48 → 00:0711:350 min11:3448 min25 Aug
Dubai03:48 → 02:0711:570 min11:5748 min25 Aug
Delhi05:18 → 03:3711:590 min11:5948 min25 Aug
Kolkata05:18 → 03:3711:150 min11:1548 min25 Aug
Singapore07:48 → 06:0712:430 min12:4348 min25 Aug
Sydney09:48 → 08:0711:340 min11:3448 min25 Aug
Suva11:48 → 10:0711:450 min11:4545 min25 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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