Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2040

Tuesday 28 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 320 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 28 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 29 August

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:55  12:43 madhyāhna ends
11:0711:3111:5512:1912:4313:0713:31

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 05:46 on Tue 28 Aug to 06:35 on Wed 29 Aug.

    2040-08-27T21:45:41Z → 2040-08-28T22:35:02Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:55–12:43 on the 28th, 11:55–12:43 on the 29th.

    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 28th and 0 of 48 on the 29th.

    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 19179 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2040: Tuesday 28 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2040 falls on Tuesday 28 August. Saptamī runs from 05:46 on Tue 28 Aug to 06:35 on Wed 29 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2040/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 28 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 28 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 28 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 27thCoveredMadhyāhna 28thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles14:46 → 15:3512:300 min12:3048 min28 Aug
Chicago16:46 → 17:3512:280 min12:2748 min28 Aug
Jersey City17:46 → 18:3512:330 min12:3348 min28 Aug
Port of Spain17:46 → 18:3511:430 min11:4348 min28 Aug
London22:46 → 23:3512:370 min12:3748 min28 Aug
Durban23:46 → 00:3511:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Dubai01:46 → 02:3511:560 min11:5648 min28 Aug
Delhi03:16 → 04:0511:580 min11:5848 min28 Aug
Kolkata03:16 → 04:0511:140 min11:1448 min28 Aug
Singapore05:46 → 06:3512:420 min12:4248 min28 Aug
Sydney07:46 → 08:3511:330 min11:3348 min28 Aug
Suva09:46 → 10:3511:440 min11:4448 min28 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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