Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2049

Thursday 19 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 550 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 Thursday 19 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 Friday 20 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 02:37 on Thu 19 Aug to 02:47 on Fri 20 Aug.

    2049-08-18T18:36:51Z → 2049-08-19T18:47:07Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 19th, 11:57–12:45 on the 20th.

    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 19th and 0 of 48 on the 20th.

    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 33010 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2049: Thursday 19 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2049 falls on Thursday 19 August. Saptamī runs from 02:37 on Thu 19 Aug to 02:47 on Fri 20 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2049/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 19 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 19 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 19 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 18thCoveredMadhyāhna 19thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:37 → 11:4712:3248 min12:320 min18 Aug
Chicago13:37 → 13:4712:300 min12:3048 min19 Aug
Jersey City14:37 → 14:4712:360 min12:3648 min19 Aug
Port of Spain14:37 → 14:4711:460 min11:4648 min19 Aug
London19:37 → 19:4712:400 min12:4048 min19 Aug
Durban20:37 → 20:4711:360 min11:3648 min19 Aug
Dubai22:37 → 22:4711:580 min11:5848 min19 Aug
Delhi00:07 → 00:1712:010 min12:0148 min19 Aug
Kolkata00:07 → 00:1711:160 min11:1648 min19 Aug
Singapore02:37 → 02:4712:450 min12:4448 min19 Aug
Sydney04:37 → 04:4711:350 min11:3548 min19 Aug
Suva06:37 → 06:4711:460 min11:4648 min19 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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