Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2053

Friday 5 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 81 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 4 September

Saptamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Friday 5 September

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:53  12:41 madhyāhna ends
11:0511:2911:5312:1712:4113:0513:29

48 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 15:36 on Thu 4 Sep to 14:01 on Fri 5 Sep.

    2053-09-04T07:36:20Z → 2053-09-05T06:01:22Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 4th, 11:53–12:41 on the 5th.

    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 4th and 48 of 48 on the 5th.

    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 4849 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2053: Friday 5 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2053 falls on Friday 5 September. Saptamī runs from 15:36 on Thu 4 Sep to 14:01 on Fri 5 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2053/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingFri 5 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionFri 5 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileFri 5 Sep
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 4thCoveredMadhyāhna 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:36 → 23:0112:2848 min12:270 min4 Sep
Chicago02:36 → 01:0112:2548 min12:250 min4 Sep
Jersey City03:36 → 02:0112:3148 min12:310 min4 Sep
Port of Spain03:36 → 02:0111:4148 min11:410 min4 Sep
London08:36 → 07:0112:3548 min12:350 min4 Sep
Durban09:36 → 08:0111:3148 min11:310 min4 Sep
Dubai11:36 → 10:0111:5448 min11:530 min4 Sep
Delhi13:06 → 11:3111:560 min11:560 min5 Sep
Kolkata13:06 → 11:3111:110 min11:1120 min5 Sep
Singapore15:36 → 14:0112:400 min12:3948 min5 Sep
Sydney17:36 → 16:0111:310 min11:3048 min5 Sep
Suva19:36 → 18:0111:420 min11:4148 min5 Sep
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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