Ruling · Śītalā Saptamī · 2074

Monday 13 August

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 14 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 13 August

Taken. Both middays qualify; the rule takes the first.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Tuesday 14 August

Qualifies with 48 of 48 minutes. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:59  12:47 madhyāhna ends
Saptamī ends 13:01:14
11:1111:3511:5912:2312:4713:1113:35

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 10:55 on Mon 13 Aug to 13:01 on Tue 14 Aug.

    2074-08-13T02:55:15Z → 2074-08-14T05:01:15Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:59–12:47 on the 13th, 11:59–12:47 on the 14th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 13th and 48 of 48 on the 14th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Both middays qualify. Pūrvaviddhā: the first is taken.

    priority: purvaviddha → purvaviddha · margin 868 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalā Saptamī, Baoding, 2074: Monday 13 August.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalā Saptamī 2074 falls on Monday 13 August. Saptamī runs from 10:55 on Mon 13 Aug to 13:01 on Tue 14 Aug and covers all of madhyāhna that midday. It also reaches the next midday for 48 minutes; by the rule the first midday is taken.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2074/shitala-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingMon 13 Aug
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionMon 13 Aug
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileMon 13 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 13thCoveredMadhyāhna 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles19:55 → 22:0112:3448 min12:340 min13 Aug
Chicago21:55 → 00:0112:3148 min12:310 min13 Aug
Jersey City22:55 → 01:0112:3748 min12:370 min13 Aug
Port of Spain22:55 → 01:0111:4748 min11:470 min13 Aug
London03:55 → 06:0112:4148 min12:410 min13 Aug
Durban04:55 → 07:0111:3748 min11:370 min13 Aug
Dubai06:55 → 09:0112:0048 min11:590 min13 Aug
Delhi08:25 → 10:3112:0248 min12:020 min13 Aug
Kolkata08:25 → 10:3111:1848 min11:170 min13 Aug
Singapore10:55 → 13:0112:4648 min12:4616 min13 Aug
Sydney12:55 → 15:0111:370 min11:3648 min14 Aug
Suva14:55 → 17:0111:480 min11:4748 min14 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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