Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2065

Sunday 23 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 218 minutes.

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 Saturday 22 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

Midday of Sunday 23 August

Taken. The only midday Saptamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 11:57  12:45 madhyāhna ends
11:0911:3311:5712:2112:4513:0913:33

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 16:23 on Sat 22 Aug to 18:44 on Sun 23 Aug.

    2065-08-22T08:22:44Z → 2065-08-23T10:43:57Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:57–12:45 on the 22nd, 11:57–12:45 on the 23rd.

    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 22nd and 48 of 48 on the 23rd.

    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 13073 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2065: Sunday 23 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2065 falls on Sunday 23 August. Saptamī runs from 16:23 on Sat 22 Aug to 18:44 on Sun 23 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2065/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 23 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 23 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 23 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 22ndCoveredMadhyāhna 23rdCoveredRuled
Los Angeles01:23 → 03:4412:3248 min12:310 min22 Aug
Chicago03:23 → 05:4412:2948 min12:290 min22 Aug
Jersey City04:23 → 06:4412:3548 min12:350 min22 Aug
Port of Spain04:23 → 06:4411:4548 min11:450 min22 Aug
London09:23 → 11:4412:3948 min12:390 min22 Aug
Durban10:23 → 12:4411:3548 min11:3548 min22 Aug
Dubai12:23 → 14:4411:5823 min11:5748 min22 Aug
Delhi13:53 → 16:1412:000 min12:0048 min23 Aug
Kolkata13:53 → 16:1411:150 min11:1548 min23 Aug
Singapore16:23 → 18:4412:440 min12:4348 min23 Aug
Sydney18:23 → 20:4411:340 min11:3448 min23 Aug
Suva20:23 → 22:4411:450 min11:4548 min23 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

About Ahargaṇa