Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2052

Saturday 17 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 9 min 26 s.

Decide it for

BaodingDelhiKolkataSingaporeSydneyJersey City

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 Friday 16 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

Midday of Saturday 17 August

Taken. Saptamī reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:58  12:46 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 11:48:29
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 13:51 on Fri 16 Aug to 11:48 on Sat 17 Aug.

    2052-08-16T05:50:54Z → 2052-08-17T03:48:29Z

  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 0 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

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 566 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2052: Saturday 17 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2052 falls on Saturday 17 August. Saptamī runs from 13:51 on Fri 16 Aug to 11:48 on Sat 17 Aug, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2052/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSat 17 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSat 17 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSat 17 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 Angeles22:51 → 20:4812:3348 min12:330 min16 Aug
Chicago00:51 → 22:4812:3048 min12:300 min16 Aug
Jersey City01:51 → 23:4812:3648 min12:360 min16 Aug
Port of Spain01:51 → 23:4811:4648 min11:460 min16 Aug
London06:51 → 04:4812:4048 min12:400 min16 Aug
Durban07:51 → 05:4811:3648 min11:360 min16 Aug
Dubai09:51 → 07:4811:5948 min11:590 min16 Aug
Delhi11:21 → 09:1812:0148 min12:010 min16 Aug
Kolkata11:21 → 09:1811:1744 min11:160 min16 Aug
Singapore13:51 → 11:4812:450 min12:450 min17 Aug
Sydney15:51 → 13:4811:360 min11:3548 min17 Aug
Suva17:51 → 15:4811:470 min11:4748 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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