Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2071

Tuesday 18 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 104 minutes.

Decide it for

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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 Monday 17 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 Tuesday 18 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

Saptamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 15:05 on Mon 17 Aug to 14:30 on Tue 18 Aug.

    2071-08-17T07:04:41Z → 2071-08-18T06:30:17Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:58–12:46 on the 17th, 11:58–12:46 on the 18th.

    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 17th and 48 of 48 on the 18th.

    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 6259 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2071: Tuesday 18 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2071 falls on Tuesday 18 August. Saptamī runs from 15:05 on Mon 17 Aug to 14:30 on Tue 18 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2071/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 18 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 18 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 18 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 17thCoveredMadhyāhna 18thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles00:05 → 23:3012:3348 min12:330 min17 Aug
Chicago02:05 → 01:3012:3048 min12:300 min17 Aug
Jersey City03:05 → 02:3012:3648 min12:360 min17 Aug
Port of Spain03:05 → 02:3011:4648 min11:460 min17 Aug
London08:05 → 07:3012:4048 min12:400 min17 Aug
Durban09:05 → 08:3011:3648 min11:360 min17 Aug
Dubai11:05 → 10:3011:5948 min11:590 min17 Aug
Delhi12:35 → 12:0012:0115 min12:010 min17 Aug
Kolkata12:35 → 12:0011:170 min11:1744 min18 Aug
Singapore15:05 → 14:3012:450 min12:4548 min18 Aug
Sydney17:05 → 16:3011:360 min11:3648 min18 Aug
Suva19:05 → 18:3011:470 min11:4748 min18 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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