Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2064

Wednesday 3 September

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 385 minutes.

Decide it for

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 2 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 Wednesday 3 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 19:06 on Tue 2 Sep to 20:50 on Wed 3 Sep.

    2064-09-02T11:06:07Z → 2064-09-03T12:50:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:53–12:41 on the 2nd, 11:53–12:41 on the 3rd.

    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 2nd and 48 of 48 on the 3rd.

    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 23077 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2064: Wednesday 3 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2064 falls on Wednesday 3 September. Saptamī runs from 19:06 on Tue 2 Sep to 20:50 on Wed 3 Sep and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2064/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 3 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 3 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 3 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 2ndCoveredMadhyāhna 3rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles04:06 → 05:5012:2848 min12:280 min2 Sep
Chicago06:06 → 07:5012:2648 min12:250 min2 Sep
Jersey City07:06 → 08:5012:3148 min12:310 min2 Sep
Port of Spain07:06 → 08:5011:4248 min11:410 min2 Sep
London12:06 → 13:5012:3648 min12:3548 min2 Sep
Durban13:06 → 14:5011:320 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Dubai15:06 → 16:5011:540 min11:5448 min3 Sep
Delhi16:36 → 18:2011:560 min11:5648 min3 Sep
Kolkata16:36 → 18:2011:120 min11:1248 min3 Sep
Singapore19:06 → 20:5012:400 min12:4048 min3 Sep
Sydney21:06 → 22:5011:310 min11:3148 min3 Sep
Suva23:06 → 00:5011:420 min11:4248 min3 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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